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  2. Kola Peninsula tundra - Wikipedia

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    The Kola Peninsula tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1106) is an ecoregion that covers the northeastern half of the Kola Peninsula, along the coast of the White Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The maritime effects of the White Sea create a milder climate than would be expected for a region of this latitude.

  3. Kola Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Kola Peninsula and adjacent seas. From the Dutch Novus Atlas (1635). Cartographer: Willem Janszoon Blaeu The Kola Peninsula (Russian: Ко́льский полуо́стров, romanized: Kólʹskij poluóstrov, Kolsky poluostrov; Kildin Sami: Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк) is a peninsula located mostly in northwest Russia and partly in Finland and Norway.

  4. Khibiny Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Khibiny have an Arctic-moderate climate, with an average winter temperature of −5 °C (23 °F). However, the temperature can potentially drop to −30 °C (−22 °F) during the night. The Gulf Stream, which brings warmer water to the Kolsky Peninsula from the north, moderates the climate, making it slightly warmer than other Arctic regions. [3]

  5. Khibiny National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is at the northern edge of the Scandinavian and Russian taiga ecoregion, only a few kilometers south of the official transition to the Kola Peninsula tundra ecoregion. [7] The climate of the ecoregion is Subarctic climate, without dry season (Köppen climate classification Subarctic climate (Dfc)). This climate is characterized by mild ...

  6. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme was established as a working group of the Arctic Council in 1991. [1] Its main function is to advise the governments of the eight Arctic member nations [2] —Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States—on environment-related issues such as pollution. [2]

  7. What's inside the world's deepest hole?

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    This hard-to-find rusty cap in the ruins of a building in Russia's Kola Peninsula. As the race in space was winding down, soviet scientists turned inwards. You'd never guess that this is the site ...

  8. Mass. Climate report card: State, Cape Cod progressing ... - AOL

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    Massachusetts released its first climate report card, and is progressing to meet the challenges of climate change. But there is a lot of work ahead. Mass. Climate report card: State, Cape Cod ...

  9. Murmansk Oblast - Wikipedia

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    Vaidagubsky lighthouse in Murmansk Oblast. Geographically, Murmansk Oblast is located mainly on the Kola Peninsula almost completely north of the Arctic Circle [16] and is a part of the larger Sápmi (Lapland) region that spans over four countries. [17]