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Les Arcs (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʁk]) is a ski resort located in Savoie, France, in the Tarentaise Valley town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice.Initially created by Robert Blanc and Roger Godino, it is a part of the huge Paradiski system which is under ownership by Compagnie des Alpes, a French-listed company owning several other ski resorts as well as theme parks.
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The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Arcs was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.7 °C (16.3 °F) on 13 February 1999.
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It was the subject of the world's first webcam, created by Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Paul Jardetzky in 1991. To save people working in the building the disappointment of finding the coffee machine empty after making the trip to the room, a camera was set up providing a live picture of the coffee pot to all desktop computers on the office network.
The 12th edition of Les Arcs took place on 12–19 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and was organized in a hybrid mode. Titled Off-Piste , the 12th edition made 80% of the screening online, while some professional events took place on site, and the Industry Village was relocated to Paris .
A webcam is a video camera which is designed to record or stream to a computer or computer network. They are primarily used in video telephony, live streaming and social media, and security. Webcams can be built-in computer hardware or peripheral devices, and are commonly connected to a device using USB or wireless protocol.