RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES MELT ICE - FLOOD ISLAND

Record high temperatures and extreme flooding on a Canadian Arctic
island has resulted in the partial closing closure of the Auyuittuq
National Park.

The ice cap on the 19, 000 square kilometers park is undergoing
unusual melting and erosion, attributed to to global warming.

Park rangers told Daily Planet Media that hikers and tourists are
being evacuated from the park located on Baffin Island.

The southern area of the island will remain shut while geologists
complete a report on the ice meltdown and damage caused to the hiking
trails, said Parks Canada spokeswoman Pauline Scott said.

Geologists report that much of the established trails in the park had
disappeared as a result of last month's 14 days record temperatures of
27C degrees, far above the normal July average of 12 C.

The heat has caused massive melting of the Penny Ice Cap resulting in
torrents of water gushing though the park.

Already 21 visitors have been evacuated by helicopter after park
officials expressed concern that the flooding had left cracks along
the 60-kilometer long walking trail.

The Arctic is warming faster than the global average resulting in
severe climate change with unusual hard rain battering the southern
part of the island.

A huge chunk of the Canadian Arctic Ice Shelf broke off earlier this
year along with the unprecedented melting of permafrost.

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