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Well above the treeline in Norway’s highest mountains, ancient fields of ice are "shrinking" as Earth’s climate warms.
becoming smaller, reducing
Extreme cold is one reliable way to keep artefacts relatively fresh for a few thousand years, but once thawed out, these materials experience "degradation" relatively swiftly.
decline in quality
Unless they’re protected from the microorganisms that cause "decay", they tend not to last long.
damage
"Reindeer" once "congregated" on these icy patches in the later summer months to escape biting insects
a kind of animal/ gather
Fieldwork is hard work - hiking with all our equipment, often camping on permafrost - but very "rewarding"
satisfying
such as the growth of farming "settlements" and the spread of international trade networks
a place where people come to live
And growing Norwegian towns, along with export markets, would have created a booming demand for "hides" to fight off the cold, as well as "antlers" to make useful things like combs
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