Record Arctic heat drives reindeer into cool tunnels
Source: Agence France-Presse
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3 August 2018
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Norwegian authorities have urged motorists to watch out for reindeer that are seeking refuge in tunnels to cool themselves amid extreme heat in the nation's far north.
"It has been very hot for weeks in northern Norway," Tore Lysberg, a senior official at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, told AFP on Thursday.
"The animals retreat to colder places, both reindeer and sheep find refuge in tunnels and shaded areas to cool down," he said.
Although this phenomenon is nothing new, it could be intensified by record temperatures in Norway's northernmost regions.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute posted a temperature of 31.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday in Finnmark, a major reindeer herding region located within the Arctic Circle.
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