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Episode 242: The Race to the North Pole

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The Arctic Ice Shelf Is Shrinking, but It's Still Huge

The Arctic ice shelf is shrinking, thanks to the effects of climate change. But it also just moves like you wouldn't believe and there are animations on various websites that show just how... I was going to say quickly, it's not like it's a cheater or a sports car, but it still moves very, very fast. In December 2022, so just about a month ago from recording this, it was 11.92 million square kilometers, nearly 12 million square kilometers. That's bigger than the entire area of Canada.

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