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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Nan Spowart

‘If we exceed 1.5C sea ice will melt leading to extreme storms’, scientist warns

SMALL, white, fluffy and helpless, the little harp seal stares out at the vast ocean as it floats on a perilously tiny piece of ice in the Arctic.

Alone and vulnerable, with its fate in the balance, the pup makes one of the most poignant images in the ­latest – and possibly hardest hitting – David Attenborough documentary, Frozen Planet II.

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