BBC Arctic
heatwave
Why tell the truth
when a deceptive
headline will get
more viewers ?
In fact , temperatures
over 30C are
perfectly common
events 6his time of
the year, in the part
of Russia above
the Arctic Circle.
The Pesha weather station
only has a handful of years
of data, but there are
other stations nearby
with long, continuous
records.
( Pesha’s co-ordinates
are 66N 47E )
The nearest three
weather stations
with more than 80
years data are: