Hug A Polar Bear : Hudson Bay Is Out Of Ice!

There is no ice in the Hudson Bay, and this is normal for the time of year.

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/recent365.anom.region.13.html

Every year, Hudson Bay is ice free for 2-3 months, yet the bears who live there survive. Apparently they aren’t as lame as the people who worry about them.

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2 Responses to Hug A Polar Bear : Hudson Bay Is Out Of Ice!

  1. ES says:

    Hudson Bay has a port in Churchill, which is 1300 NM and three days closer to northern Europe than through the great lakes. An ice free bay would help shipping. This year the first ship was July 29th while last year it was on August 16th.

  2. Sean Peake says:

    If there are people who believe Hudson Bay is at or past the tipping point I suggest they pay a call to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives are located. There are over 300 years of ice and shipping records, as well as detailed temperature records from the mid-1700s to the mid 1800s taken at trading posts along Hudson and James bay, as well as scores of inland posts—post clerks were required to keep meteorological records. For example, as summarized by David Thompson from his own observations:

    1789                   Cumberland House (Saskatchewan 53.57.27N, 102.16.13 W)
                    Greatest Heat                         Least Heat                                Mean Heat
                      Sun Rise   2 PM  9 PM    Sun Rise  2 PM   9 PM     Sun Rise  2 PM 9 PM
    Month											
    October	         50	       59	  48		   11	         15	        6		34	    40        35
    November	 25	       28	  31		 -10	          -1	       -6		  9	     15	 10
    December	 25	       28	  25		 -15	          -9	       -9		  5	     11	 5
    1790											
    January	          7	        14	  10		 -31	         -22        -29		-15	      -6	-11½
    February	28	        36	  29		 -29	         -17	       -22		 -5	        8	  0
    March	        22	        35	  26		 -28	          -11	        -17		-3	       17	  4
    April	        38	        51	  39		 -13	           14	         -6		18	      35	26
    May	                54	        75	  66		  12	           34 	26		40	      60	48
    June	        70	        90	  78		  34	           40 	40		54	      60	58
    July	                76	        90	  80		  54	            57        55		64	      77	68
    August	        62	        84	  76		  37	            47	46		54	      69	59
    

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