Effects of global warming - North Pole recorded 20 degrees Celsius above mid-winter norm

Effects of global warming is being felt because North Pole has recorded 20 degrees Celsius above mid-winter norm in Canada. The Canadian weather authorities have laid the blame squarely on temperature spike that has led to the freak depression which has, in turn, brought record Christmas temperatures to North America and lashed Britain with winds and floods.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 31 December 2015.

The deep low pressure area is looming over Iceland and churning up hurricane force with 75-knot winds and 30-foot waves in the north Atlantic, simultaneously, dragging warm air northwards. This, in the opinion of experts, is a very violent and extremely powerful depression due to which hot temperatures have been pushed so far north. This deep depression has, in fact, pushed hot air as far as the North Pole. As a result, temperatures are at least 20 degrees above normal, at around freezing point, between zero and two degrees.
US scientists from the North Pole Environmental Observatory have observed that the temperatures had climbed suddenly. The polar region is the area that has seen the most profound effects of climate change in recent decades and the current scenario could be that after the North Atlantic, the depression would head towards Siberia which could experience a heatwave of sorts.

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Santa Claus comes to New Zealand for the 82nd edition of Santa Parade

It is time for Santa Claus to make his annual journey from North Pole to Auckland "at the speed of sound" for the annual parade down Queen Street. The grand Old Man will wake up early and, after a big breakfast with all the trimmings, he will be heading Downunder on his sleigh.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 28 November 2015.

Santa this year will be portrayed by Neville Baker and he loved doing this job. He has been doing it now for five years. He has confirmed that he has got Rudolph and the whole crew to bring him down on the sleigh. He had taken up the role as Santa as a favor for a friend who needed someone to fill in for a sick St Nick at the last minute way back in 2010. As he says, quite rightly, even if 100,000 people see Santa in the Christmas parade, the man behind the beard continues to remain anonymous.
On this year's parade he has said that it would be a quicker trip [than at Christmas] because he and his team will not be weighed down with all the toys and gifts and presents for the children. They will arrive at the speed of sound. This parade is an annual event and is now in its 82nd year. It will start at 1pm, leaving from the corner of Mayoral Dr and Cook Street.
There will be more than 150 groups who will feature in the parade, which will end with a party at Aotea Square around 2.30pm.

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