Santa Claus is pictured in his chamber behind a plexiglas screen at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 13, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. Picture taken October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

Santa Claus is pictured in his chamber behind a plexiglas screen at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 13, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. Picture taken October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

Santa Claus is pictured in his chamber behind a plexiglas screen at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 13, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. Picture taken October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

Santa Claus is pictured in his chamber behind a plexiglas screen at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 16, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. REUTERS/Attila Cser

Santa Claus talks to Edvin, his sister Elsa and their mother Anu behind a plexiglas screen in his chamber at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 11, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. Picture taken October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

A general view shows the main square of the Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 11, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. Picture taken October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

A general view shows the main square of the Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland October 11, 2020. Normally Santa's village in northern Finland is bustling with visitors in the months before Christmas but this year the pandemic has made them stay away, plunging the tourist attraction into crisis. Picture taken October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

Icebreaker "RV Polarstern" of German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) returns after more than one-year Artic drift expedition to the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Icebreaker "RV Polarstern" of German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) returns after more than one-year Artic drift expedition to the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Icebreaker "RV Polarstern" of German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) returns after more than one-year Artic drift expedition to the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Icebreaker "RV Polarstern" of German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) returns after more than one-year Artic drift expedition to the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Icebreaker "RV Polarstern" of German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) returns after more than one-year Artic drift expedition to the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Icebreaker "RV Polarstern" of German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) returns after more than one-year Artic drift expedition to the harbor of Bremerhaven, Germany October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

The Arctic is warming and some scientists believe that thawing permafrost is about to release enormous amounts of climate-warming emissions.

The Arctic is warming and some scientists believe that thawing permafrost is about to release enormous amounts of climate-warming emissions.

The Arctic is warming and some scientists believe that thawing permafrost is about to release enormous amounts of climate-warming emissions.

Autumn colours are seen above the tree line in the Scandinavian Mountains in Sweden's Jamtland Harjedalen region, below Helags (Maajaelkie in the indigenous Sami language), Sweden's highest peak south of the Arctic circle, September 22, 2020. Picture taken September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom

Autumn colours are seen above the tree line in the Scandinavian Mountains in Sweden's Jamtland Harjedalen region, on the slopes of Helags (Maajaelkie in the indigenous Sami language), Sweden's highest peak south of the Arctic circle with the country's southernmost glacier, September 22, 2020. Picture taken September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom

A view across Yoldiabukta Bay towards Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view of the Esmarkbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 24, 2020. Picture taken with a drone on September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view of the Esmarkbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 24, 2020. Picture taken with a drone on September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view across Yoldiabukta Bay towards Wahlenbergbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view across Yoldiabukta Bay towards Wahlenbergbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view of the Esmarkbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 24, 2020. Picture taken with a drone on September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view across Yoldiabukta Bay towards Wahlenbergbreen glacier on Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

A view across Yoldiabukta Bay towards Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Ice navigator Paul Ruzycki of Canada looks on aboard the Greenpeace's "Arctic Sunrise" ship in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Ice navigator Paul Ruzycki of Canada looks on aboard the Greenpeace's "Arctic Sunrise" ship in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Ice navigator Paul Ruzycki of Canada looks on aboard the Greenpeace's "Arctic Sunrise" ship in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Ice navigator Paul Ruzycki of Canada looks on aboard the Greenpeace's "Arctic Sunrise" ship in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Ice navigator Paul Ruzycki of Canada looks on aboard the Greenpeace's "Arctic Sunrise" ship in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, sits on a boat in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, sits on a boat in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" standing on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" as she sits on an ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Environmental activist and campaigner Mya-Rose Craig, 18, holds a cardboard sign reading "youth strike for climate" standing on the ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

An aerial view of floating ice taken by a drone launched from Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship in the Arctic Ocean, September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship navigates through floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship navigates through floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship navigates through floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Crew members look at the first piece of ice they spotted on the expedition onboard of the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Floating ice is seen during the expedition of the The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

General view of the first large bit of ice seen by the crew of the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship is seen near floating ice at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Pieces of floating ice with polar bear footprints on them are seen from the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

Pieces of floating ice with polar bear footprints on them are seen from the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship is seen near floating ice at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship is seen near floating ice at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas

El derretimiento del hielo marino ha abierto el paso a más navegación en el Ártico y a más contaminación

Arctic shipping lanes mapped with current sea ice extent, and the pollution caused by ship traffic in 2019

July Arctic sea ice extent anomalies

People visit Santa Claus Office located on the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland December 13, 2019. Picture taken December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Attila Cser