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A freezer for the north

Reuters reports on an odd problem for the Inuit people: freezers are needed. A person from the far north in Labrador says they see climate change on a daily basis:

Inuit communities need funds to adapt to climate change in the Arctic, including measures to build communal deep freezers to store game because warming is reducing their hunting season, an Inuit leader said on Friday.

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