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    The Arctic region is often defined as that area where the Belfast Warsaw Kyiv
    average temperature for the warmest month is below 10ºC. UKRAINE
    IRE. U.K. 0 Berlin
    30 Dublin POLAND 30 Black Sea
    GERMANY
    803301AI (R02112) 5-07

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