PDQ:
I think your man is spouting off at the mouth making assertions that would not stand up to close inspection. Either he's in the pay of someone with a vested interest, or his extreme ignorance is leading him into wild foolishness.

Over the past 50 years, winter temperatures on the Peninsula have risen five times faster than the global average and the duration of sea-ice coverage has decreased. A warm, moist maritime climate has moved into the northern Peninsula region, pushing the continental, polar conditions southward. is a factual statement. The observations on the softening of the rundra throughout the northern band of Russia and Alaska as reported in the NEw Yorker (cited in an earlier thread on this subject) are factual assertions.

Your arm-waving citation is just trash-talking. Wake thee up, mon!
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