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The big freeze: A trucker in Alaska — Global Us

February 24, 2025

A truck driver in Alaska braves blizzards and solitude. Carmen López from Spain is a surfer, she's blind and she has won many international surfing competitions. In Brazil, samba is not just music, but a way of life.

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