Meteorologists just spotted lightning strikes near the North Pole
The strikes Saturday night hit in the Arctic Ocean within 300 miles of the pole.
August 13, 2019
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Over the weekend, sharp-eyed meteorologists with the U.S. National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska noticed something extremely unusual — a series of lightning strikes within 300 miles (about 480 kilometers) of the North Pole.
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