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Picture of dozens of walruses swimming through the Atlantic ocean
April 27, 2021
Walrus Migration
Atlantic walruses migrate from Russia to Svalbard, Norway, where they will spend the summer. Svalbard, an archipelago that lies between Norway and the North Pole, has seen dramatic temperature increases and ice melt in the past 50 years due to global warming.
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