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Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

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Meet a blind girl on a mission to save the world, fasten your seatbelts for the ride of a lifetime, wrap up warm for a ...

developed and issued two guiding documents to serve as roadmaps for this effort: the 2022 National Strategy for the Arctic ...

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