About:
- Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden.
- It lies about 150 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle.
- It is a part of the Scandes, a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula.
- Kebnekaise mountain has two main peaks – Southern Peak and Northern Peak.
- Because of an unusual period of long heatwaves and wildfires, enough of the glacier on the southern peak has melted due to which northern peak is now the highest.
- This event is also symbolic of climate change.
Source: Indian Express (Page 16), the article was originally published in New York Times and reproduced by Indian Express.
