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Summer skiers head to melting glacier as heatwave grips France

Hundreds of skiers headed to the Grande Motte glacier in Tignes to escape France's heatwave and enjoy summer skiing. But visitors and experts say the glacier is shrinking rapidly, with scientists warning it could disappear within 10 to 15 years.

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00:25We came to do a little ski,
00:26a little bit of the freshness of the altitude,
00:30to avoid suffering in the bottom of the rain.
00:34But we also see here that it suffers a little bit,
00:37unfortunately, with the climate warming.
00:40So we are going to take advantage of it
00:41before we can no longer do it.
01:02The landscape is very different.
01:05We see a little bit how much it falls
01:08and how much the climate warming happens.
01:12After, in terms of the snow, it's the same.
01:16You just have to take care of it
01:17because there is a little bit more ice.
01:32We have had, during the month of June,
01:35during the first fall of the snow,
01:36which allowed us to keep the ski on the glacier
01:40in good conditions.
01:41The morning, the snow was a bit hard,
01:42but practicable.
01:45In the last few days,
01:46we have no more quality,
01:48so we feel that it will accelerate.
01:52After a full windy transition,
01:54the lessons of peace 5
01:54this is just a sad illustration
01:55I feel that the time we gid July
01:55and should you stay above all?
01:55Would you like me?
01:55Do you like me?
01:59Yes, I hear that.

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