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Ice floes and ice formations in the North Kent Island Jones Sound Hell's Gate Territorium Nunavut region
Image: OKAPIA/picture alliance

Arctic

It's the northernmost region of the planet. And it's vastly important — geopolitically, for the global climate system, and for the plants and animals that depend on its icy ecosystems.