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What's up, sunshine? Welcome to the

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show. I'm Koiwire. We have a your word

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Wednesday show, meaning one of your

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words helped us write today's show. So,

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listen up, soak some knowledge, and

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let's get to it. The new age space race

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could change how millions of people

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around the world access the internet. In

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recent years, satellite internet has

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exploded in popularity, and Elon Musk's

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Starlink has been the biggest name in

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the rapidly evolving game. Starlink uses

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thousands of loworbit satellites to beam

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internet to places traditional cables

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can't really reach. It's made internet

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access a reality in some of the world's

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most remote regions and on battlefields.

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But new companies are launching their

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own systems, creating some competition.

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So, the race for internet dominance

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miles above the planet is heating up.

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Our Ivana Sculla went to the middle of a

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desert to go satellite spotting to help

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us learn more.

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We've driven to the desert and we've

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come here cuz it's one of the darkest

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places you can be. There's no light

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pollution. And we've come here to do a

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little bit of stargazing and we're also

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here to look for something else.

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Internet satellites.

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>> This is the telescope.

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Ajith Everest is an astrophotographer.

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He spends hours every day at this

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observatory he built.

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>> So if you see here, uh I think most of

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the Starling satellites are commercial

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and communication.

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>> So the majority of the internet

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satellites are Starling.

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>> Starling. If we go out and stare at the

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sky.

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>> Yeah,

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>> we can see the satellites.

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The first one to spot is little hard.

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>> Okay, we're looking for a Starlink.

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>> It's It's there, I think, now.

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>> Yes.

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>> That is moving. You see it?

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>> Oh, yeah.

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Since 2019, there's been one company

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synonymous with internet satellites.

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Elon Musk Starlink.

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Go SpaceX. Go Starlink.

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>> There was a lot of skepticism in the

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early days about how successful Starlink

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would be. And I think they've really

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defeated that skepticism.

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>> According to the company, it's launched

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over 10,000 satellites, serves more than

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8 million people worldwide, and is

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available in over 150 countries,

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territories, and other markets in the

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world. Just to give you an idea, back in

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2019, there were there were about

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1,200,500 working satellites in space.

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That has increased by a factor of 10 in

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just a few years. And we think it might

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increase by another factor of 10 over

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the next decade. This is a

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transformational change in how busy

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outer space is. It's brought internet to

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some of the most remote areas of the

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planet, including in the air, on the

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sea, and in the middle of war zones.

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Over the past 5 years or so, it's become

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big business. So, how does it work?

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Starlink provides high-speed internet

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service using a network of satellites in

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low Earth orbit. It can reach remote

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places where traditional broadband

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internet can't because that relies on

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underground cables. In 2024, about 2.5

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billion people in the world lacked

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internet access, according to the World

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Economic Forum. It's these people that

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internet satellites are aiming to reach.

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>> Lots of people in rural areas have been

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frustrated with their lack of access to

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broadband, love their Starlinks. To the

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extent that it's currently basically a

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monopoly, that then gives the people who

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run SpaceX the ability to control who

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gets connectivity and who doesn't. I

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think that's going to change. We are now

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starting to see the deployment of rival

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systems.

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>> It's given Starink's owner, Elon Musk,

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incredible geopolitical leverage.

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Ukraine has relied on Starink throughout

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Russia's invasion, a potential

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vulnerability that's been highlighted by

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Starink outages. Because of that, some

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governments around the world have

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increasing security concerns over using

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the technology, and they're launching

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their own internet satellite

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competitors. Secure connectivity is

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imperative.

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>> Starink didn't respond to a request for

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comment from CNN.

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>> I think that that threat of oh, one

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person's controlling the whole world's

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conversation is going to go away with

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the the magic of competition in a few

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years. The biggest serious competitor is

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Amazon Leo. If they can make a product

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that is perhaps easier to use, perhaps

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higher quality, they may be able to draw

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the customers away from uh from

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Starling.

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>> It looks very beautiful.

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>> It does look beautiful cuz you think

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they look like stars.

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>> Yeah.

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>> The satellites are very easy to spot

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because there are so many satellites up

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to the sky.

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>> Did you see a meteor there?

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>> No.

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>> Oh, come on.

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>> I was looking at the internet satellite.

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>> Come on.

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>> Pop quiz hot shot. What anatomical

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strategy helps orcas hunt great white

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sharks? Electro reception, blowhole

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poisons, body flipping, or dorsal fin

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swipes?

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If you said body flipping, you stuck the

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landing. Orcas use a strategy where they

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flip sharks onto their backs to induce

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tonic immobility, a temporary paralysis,

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leaving the shark defenseless.

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Next up, teamwork, dreamwork. for

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dolphins and killer whales. Scientists

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made a breakthrough discovery observing

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orcas hunting salmon off the coast of

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British Columbia with help from a pod of

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dolphins. And this is wild because orcas

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are the ocean's top predators and

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certain types known as transient killer

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whales will eat dolphins. But these

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whales, known as northern resident

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killer whales, seem to be saying, "Can't

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eat them? Join them." Researchers used a

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combination of drones, hydrophones, and

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underwater cameras to get a whale's eye

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view of these hunts. The underwater

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eavesdropping revealed the orcas

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following the dolphins, which seem to be

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acting as scouts on at least 250

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different occasions. But why? Scientists

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theorize the dolphins help make the

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orcas hunts easier while they get some

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protection from other predatory pods of

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killer whales. Well, I'll be darned.

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Have you seen Zootopia 2? The smash hit

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is going wild in theaters and it's

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having some perhaps unfathomable effects

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in the real world. Breakout star Gary Dn

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Snake, an Indonesian pit viper, is on a

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mission to clear reptiles bad

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reputations.

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>> Snakes aren't the bad guys. I have to

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set things right. And when I do, my

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family will finally be able to come

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home.

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>> While Gary is so popular, people are

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spending hundreds of dollars to buy very

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real, very venomous versions of the VIP

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Viper. The trend is mostly in China

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where this year is the year of the snake

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in the zodiac calendar. Gary helped make

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history. The film is now China's top

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grossing foreign film of all time. The

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trend is so big that Chinese media has

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been issuing warnings reminding everyone

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that Gary's real life counterparts are

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not trendy toys and need to be handled

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with care. In weather and climate news,

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it is wintertime and it is freezing cold

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in many parts of the northern

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hemisphere. This according to Captain

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Obvious. But if you think it's cold

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wherever you are, wait till you see the

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coldest major city in the world, Yakutsk

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in Russia's eastern Siberia, where

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temperatures are no joke. They plunged

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to -49 Fahrenheit, -45 Celsius recently.

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I can feel the cold jumping off the

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screen. About 300,000 people live in

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Yukuts. And the extreme temperatures

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don't scare them. They're yeti for them.

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>> The weather is excellent.

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>> The winter has arrived.

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proper cold.

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>> Check out this outdoor market. Siberian

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fish are sold in the open air, naturally

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preserved because they're frozen, rock

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hard. No freezers needed. Shoppers

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bundle up in layers and zip from vendor

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to vendor. Despite the freeze, daily

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life goes on. Traffic keeps moving

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through icy fog. Buses run on schedule

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and businesses stay open for business.

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Locals say the key to not freezing is

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preparation. warm clothes, hot tea

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nearby, and if you don't like the cold,

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you can always isolate inside.

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>> There's a saying that goes, "There's no

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bad weather.

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There's bad clothing, dress warmer,

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everything is wonderful."

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>> Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.

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Students and families coming together to

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brighten the holidays for a beloved

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crossing guard. Mr. Dave Bellis helped

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hundreds of students safely cross the

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frigid path between Hidden Oaks and Twin

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Oaks Middle Schools every single day.

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He's 76 years old. He's a Marine

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veteran, a retired police officer, and

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with a big warm smile, fist bumps, and

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high fives. He braves Minnesota's bitter

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wintry cold for hours every day, making

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sure the kids are safe.

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>> Every single day, he's there. And I

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can't imagine our school without him

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there. Whenever you see him, your just

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face just like just glows up. Just you

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can't not like him. He's just a great

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guy.

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>> Now, one appreciative mom wanted to do

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something nice for Mr. Dave. And her

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kind gesture snowballed into a

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schoolwide mission. Hundreds of families

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chipped in and they held a ceremony just

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for Dave where he was given some cold

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weather swag, gift cards, even tickets

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to a Minnesota Wild hockey game. But the

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surprises didn't stop there. A local

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company donated a brand new snowblower.

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A gesture leaving Dave speechless.

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>> And let's say

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>> thank you all.

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>> It's a great reminder that even one

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small act of kindness can turn into

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something that has a huge impact on

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someone's life. Congrats to Miss Cuppin

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and friends at Meadow Lane Elementary

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School in Anderson, California for

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submitting our your word Wednesday

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winner. Unfathomable. Love that word.

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It's an adjective meaning incapable of

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being fully explored or understood. Well

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done and thank you for boosting our

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vocab today. We have a shout out going

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to Mrs. G at Juniper Hills High in

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Nampa, Idaho. The Sawtooth group made

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this incredible diamond art picture.

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I've never seen anything like this. Look

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at the detail in the collar. I don't

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know how you made it, but you uh made me

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