Tourists on boat, looking at view, Shiretoko and Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

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Shiretoko and Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, February 20, 2008. During the winter ice-flows from the artic reach the very north of Hokkaido. In recent years they have been decreasing threatening both the region's eco-system, and the tourism on which its economy relies.

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