Sea ice coverage last month in the Arctic was the lowest ever recorded in July. And the UN climate assessment released earlier this month found that the last decade was more ice-free than any other period in the past 1,000 years. Reporter Brett Simpson visited the Norwegian Polar Institute north of the Arctic circle to see some of that ice, and learn what those changes mean to the region.
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