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Cloud Atlas

he high Arctic is dangerous in the dark of winter. Temperatures drop to–40 degrees. icebreaker was locked into the frozen ocean near the North Pole and left to drift as scientists sampled the sea, ice, and atmosphere. The data will yield insights into the Arctic’s cloud cycle and a sharper picture of climate change everywhere.

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