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Updated December 30, 2021

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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team

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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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Amid ice and tundra, the lighter Hayes River flows from the northeast (top right) into the dark Back River in Nunavut, Canada, but remains distinct from it for 10 miles.

Why Two Rivers Meet But Don't Mix in the Canadian Arctic

The Back River remains visually distinct from its tributary, the Hayes River, for several miles after their confluence.
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Eegeesiak Shoo holds up his carving of a walrus in Makigiarvik jail.

The Incarcerated Inuit Artists Who Carve to Support Their Families

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Fossil plants millions of years old are helping scientists imagine an ancient Arctic forest.
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