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The Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sails through sea ice floating on the Victoria Strait while traversing the Arctic's Northwest Passage, Friday, July 21, 2017. The AP is accompanying a group of international researchers is sailing into the Arctic Sea aboard the Finnish icebreaker to traverse the Northwest Passage and record the environmental and social changes that are taking place in one of the most forbidding corners of the world. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A tourist shelters from the sun near the Colosseum in Rome, Sunday, July 23, 2017. Italy is gripped by drought as the summer heat continues with no sign of rain. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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In this June 7, 2017 photo, Kevin DalBalcon sits tall in the saddle, moving cattle to pasture in the Colville National Forest in Colville, Wash. Last summer DalBalcon was up in the middle of the night with a flashlight checking on his cows in the forest. "When wolves are on your allotment, you don't sleep at night." (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)
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In this June 7, 2017 photo, grazing allotments in the Colville National Forest are in rugged country near Colville, Wash. Ranchers say it's hard to know where the cattle are, let alone the wolves. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)
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In this June 7, 2017 photo, Rancher Rhonda DalBalcon moves her cattle using her horse, a dog and her voice near Colville, Wash. The cattle are headed from leased, privately owned pasture to summer grazing in the Colville National Forest. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)
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A tourist walks past a damaged structure outside a mosque after an earthquake at the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos have spent the night sleeping outdoors after a powerful Friday earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region in Greece and Turkey.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A marble part of a column is seen on the ground outside a mosque after an earthquake at the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017.Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos have spent the night sleeping outdoors after a powerful Friday earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region in Greece and Turkey.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A woman feeds puppies next to rubble, following an earthquake at the port of Kos island, Greece, on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos have spent the night sleeping outdoors after a powerful Friday earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region in Greece and Turkey.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Ice navigator, Capt. David "Duke" Snider, 60, a Canadian Coast Guard veteran with 35 years at sea, sits for a portrait aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica next to a satellite image of ice conditions along the Northwest Passage as the ship sails the Chukchi Sea into the Arctic, Saturday, July 15, 2017. Snider, who is aboard to help guide the ship safely through the ice, has sailed into the Arctic hundreds of times and completed the entire passage twice. "Maneuvering a ship in ice takes an entirely different set of skills. You have to understand how ice moves and grows," said Snider. "It's a dance, a slow dance. That's what it's all about, getting the ship through without stepping on her toes." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Polar maritime lawyer Scott Joblin, 30, sits for a portrait aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails north in the Bering Sea toward the Arctic, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. "It's a chance to ground my research in real world context," said Joblin who is pursuing his doctorate in international law at Australian National University. "I don't think the size or the scale [of the Arctic] is anything you can comprehend. The trip so far contextualizes how hard it is to get there," said Joblin of the roughly nine days the ship will take to reach the Arctic Circle from its departure in Vancouver. "It's really the frontier as it exists." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Master Mariner Jyri Viljanen, 56, captain of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica stands for a portrait in the ship's bridge as it sails north in the Bering Sea toward the Arctic, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Viljanen has been going to sea for 39 years and this will be his first transit through the Arctic's Northwest Passage. "It's once a lifetime," said Viljanen. "The biggest risk is these are very remote areas so if anything happens it's very difficult to get any help or rescue or anything." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Researcher Daria Gritsenko, 30, of the University of Helsinki, sits for a portrait in her cabin aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as the ship sails north in the Bering Sea toward the Arctic, Thursday, July 13, 2017. She is hoping to learn more about the Northwest Passage to aid her work in energy development in the Arctic. Although this will be her first transit through the passage, she has been to Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic. "I love the Arctic. It's such a powerful nature that I felt so little in comparison," she said. "It makes you realize how much of dust you are on this planet. It's very intimidating but I felt very calm inside." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - In this May 20, 2012, file photo, the annular solar eclipse is seen as the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains from downtown Denver. The solar eclipse that is cutting a diagonal path across the U.S. next month is a boon for Missouri tourism. Some towns will have more visitors than residents on Aug. 21, 2017. Hotels and campsites are sold out as some communities are preparing for unparalleled numbers of visitors, all to observe about two minutes of near-darkness at the height of the day. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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The new entrance sign for Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska features a relief carving of a caribou by Fairbanks, Alaska, artist Marianne Stolz, is viewed Thursday, July 13, 2017. Stolz's history as a wood carver dates back to her hometown of Freiburg, in Germany's Black Forest. (Kris Capps/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
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Ancient columns lie on the ground following an earthquake at the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Culture ministry employees inspect the damage of a mosque at the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Tourist sleep on sun beds at a beach of the Greek island of Kos, on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A boy on a bicycle looks on in front of a damaged mosque following an earthquake in the Mediterranean island of Kos, Greece, Friday, July 21, 2017. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A woman walks in front of the damaged facade of Agios Nikolaos church following an earthquake in Kos island, Greece, Friday, July 21, 2017. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walks past a car crushed under rubble near the port of the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
