North Pole could be ice-free this summer, scientists say
ARCTIC SEAJune 27, 2008 | By Alan Duke CNN
The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.
“We kind of have an informal betting pool going around in our center and that betting pool is ‘does the North Pole melt out this summer?’ and it may well,” said the center’s senior research scientist, Mark Serreze.
It’s a 50-50 bet that the thin Arctic sea ice, which was frozen in autumn, will completely melt away at the geographic North Pole, Serreze said
North Pole could be ice-free this summer, scientists say – CNN
According to PIOMAS, Arctic ice is now half as thick as it was in 2008.
How is the ice free water hazard doing?
Damn!! I missed it again!
So what’s the big deal? The North Pole was ice-free before – in 1953 and of course during the MWP. When the Vikings sailed to America they did so via the polar route. Warmists should learn history first.
vikings sailed via iceland and greenland. They didn’t pass the north pole.
Vikings got at least within 17.53 degrees of the north pole, and the Ainu even further.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upernavik 72°47?13?N 56°08?50?W
We don’t know everything yet… we need a flotilla of underwater submersibles to document the sea floor for ancient artifacts. (will never happen)