Sweden’s Highest Peak Melts Away as Record Temperatures Hit Arctic Circle

Aug 04, 2018, 01:10 AM

A summer heatwave in the Arctic circle has claimed a victim in Sweden’s highest point, a glacier on Kebnekaise mountain in the north of the country.

Melting fueled by the heat has caused the peak to lose 13 feet in height. Scientists say this means another peak on the same mountain - one made of rock, not ice - is now higher than the glacier’s tip.

Just a month ago, the glacier reached 6,893 feet above sea level.