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Nature 446, 133-135 (8 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446133a; Published online 7 March 2007; Corrected 8 March 2007

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Polar research: The new face of the Arctic

Quirin Schiermeier1

  1. Quirin Schiermeier is a correspondent in Nature's Munich office.

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Every summer the Arctic Ocean loses more ice — and it could all be gone within decades. Quirin Schiermeier looks at how the vanishing summer ice affects those living in the north.

It was on Christmas day that Duane Smith first noticed that something weird was happening. When he and his family went to church, they did so in the rain.

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