Ice Free North Pole At Peak Ice On March 17, 1959

11 Responses to Ice Free North Pole At Peak Ice On March 17, 1959

1. Latitude says:

   April 10, 2011 at 3:48 pm

   March??………………

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2. Scott says:

   April 10, 2011 at 3:51 pm

   But we all know the NH ice was much healthier back then…Tamino showed it!

   http://tamino.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/history-of-arctic-and-antarctic-sea-ice-part-1/

   What I love is how he claims that the SH ice has dropped a ton from 1940 to the last 1970s, but that claim is in apparent conflict with his claim at another time that modern global warming started in 1975.

   -Scott

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3. Jimbo says:

   April 10, 2011 at 4:48 pm

   Seadragon US submarine at North Pole 1962
   http://navsource.org/archives/08/0858411.jpg

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4. Jimbo says:

   April 10, 2011 at 4:49 pm

   HMS Investigator got trapped in ice on the last leg of the North West Passage in 1853
   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38459028/ns/technology_and_science-science/

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5. Blade says:

   April 10, 2011 at 7:00 pm

   ummmm, March of 1959 you say? Just around the peak Arctic extent.

   I wonder what it looked like up there that year in September.

   Sereze? Julienne? Bueller? Anyone?

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   • BT Harley says:

     April 11, 2011 at 4:56 am

     the poor bears…or is it polar bears?

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6. Maurizio Morabito says:

   April 11, 2011 at 4:50 am

   We should be wary of Arctic ice claims until the satellite data will be able to show the polynyas

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7. AndyW says:

   April 11, 2011 at 9:20 am

   It’s a nice bright day in that picture, normally it is dark around that time of year at the North Pole isn’t it?

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   • stevengoddard says:

     April 11, 2011 at 12:11 pm

     The sun would be just coming up, and it looks foggy.

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     • AndyW says:

       April 11, 2011 at 2:07 pm

       Yes, that would explain it. I wondered if they had used another “library” photo which had more water in it than they actually encountered. Certainly a lot of water there for that time of year.

       Andy

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