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Strange, Isolated Group of Polar Bears Discovered in Greenland
Researchers have identified a previously unknown population of polar bears living in isolation Southeast Greenland. The bears hunt for seals on fjords, or freshwater ice shelves, instead of on rapidly receding sea ice like other polar bear species.
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Mystery Group of Humans May Have Populated the Faroe Islands Before the Vikings
Centuries-old DNA collected from the bottom of a lake on the Faroe Islands is turning back the clock on human occupation of the archipelago. Vikings arrived there around 850 CE, but a team of researchers has deduced that some unknown group of humans must have arrived at these North Atlantic islands several hundred years earlier,…
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I Hung Out With an Arctic Fox in Google AR and Loved Every Minute of It
If you’ve ever wanted a pet Arctic fox, well, keep dreaming. But Google is offering the next best thing. The company’s AR animals feature announced five new additions to its library on Tuesday, including the fox and other wild creatures from the Arctic and sub-Arctic.
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Airlines Masking Up Their Planes Is One Of The Only Good Things To Happen Lately
COVID-19 pandemic fatigue has long since set in, and I have to admit that I’ve gotten real tired of ads saying we’re all in this together and signs showing emojis with surgical masks on. I am entirely over it. But I’ll give a pass to the airlines that have painted masks onto their planes.