13
OCT
18
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Greenpeace activists climb the Prirazlomnaya
platform in the Barents Sea as a protest, set-
ting o# a con$ict with the Russian Coast Guard
that continues for days.
Arctic ice extent reaches its annual
minimum, this year: 5.10 m square
kilometers or 1.97 m square miles.
Arctic Yearbook 2013 has its o!cial launch
at the Embassy of Canada in Reykjavík.
The inaugural Arctic Circle conference takes
place in Reykjavík, Iceland.
“The coming heroes, lovers, kings,
Are idly lounging in the wings;
Behind the curtain’s mystic fold
The
glowing future
lies unrolled.”
Francis Brett Harte (1836-1902)
Address at opening of the California Theater
San Francisco, January 19 1870