Meltwater draining from a glacier at Alkefjellet in northern Svalbard. All of Svalbard's glaciers are retreating, even in the north of the archipelago

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Meltwater draining from a glacier at Alkefjellet in northern Svalbard. All of Svalbard's glaciers are retreating, even in the north of the archipelago despite only being around 600 miles from the North Pole.

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Photo credit: © ASHLEY COOPER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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