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1. crosspatch says:

   May 14, 2013 at 9:46 pm

   And the tripod still stands at Nenana, Alaska. Nighttime temperatures have still been dropping below freezing at night so the surface water re-freezes by morning. If the tripod stands after 11:24 on May 20th, it is a new record late ice out for Nenana.

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   • crosspatch says:

     May 14, 2013 at 9:47 pm

     Sorry, link for above: http://www.nenanaakiceclassic.com/

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     • Chewer says:

       May 14, 2013 at 11:25 pm

       I’m guessing 5-19-13 at 6:26 AM, if its any later than that I lose again ($318K)…

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     • Chewer says:

       May 14, 2013 at 11:28 pm

       It snowed 11.5″ from late yesterday to this afternoon here in the Upper Copper River Basin. A NOAA meteorologist says that if this coming Friday’s/Saturday’s pattern holds (cool air & low to the south), we may see another batch of snow up to 12″…

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     • stevengoddard says:

       May 14, 2013 at 11:35 pm

       Alaska is the fastest warming place on Earth. I read it in National Geographic.

       They probably should have stuck with pictures of topless Tahitian women.

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     • Chewer says:

       May 14, 2013 at 11:51 pm

       Those of us that got our indoor gardens started in April find ourselves transplanting, still indoors:)

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     • Chewer says:

       May 14, 2013 at 11:57 pm

       Steve – We had enough migrating birds die up here today, to feed a small nation.
       With the ground covered, 28 degrees and snow, they are fighting for their lives, including white crowned sparrows, Lapland longspurs, junckos, pine siskins, pine grosbeaks, boreal & white capped chickadees (though they are tough) among many others…

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2. gator69 says:

   May 14, 2013 at 11:21 pm

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icAwcByaNtY

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   • Chewer says:

     May 14, 2013 at 11:53 pm

     Sweet!
     That’s the pacific Princess, which I got a tour of in Mazatlan in the early 80’s, but not by Gavin:)

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     • Marian says:

       May 15, 2013 at 4:15 am

       It appears if you want to cruise the NW Passage. It might be safer booking a bunk on a USN Submarine and go under the ice. 🙂

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3. Bloke down the pub says:

   May 15, 2013 at 2:39 pm

   I often see this map on the sea ice page over at WUWT. I don’t understand how the ice is shown as thicker amongst the islands than it is further North. This doesn’t seem to tally with the other ice maps that are available. Any ideas?

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   • stevengoddard says:

     May 15, 2013 at 2:48 pm

     It isn’t thickness, it is concentration. The ice can’t blow around much in constrained areas.

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     • Bloke down the pub says:

       May 15, 2013 at 9:30 pm

       Sure, but other maps eg Naval Research Laboratory, show 100% and as it looks like it’s over 15ft thick it would be suprising if it was anything less.

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