End Of June – Arctic Ocean Full Of Ice

9 Responses to End Of June – Arctic Ocean Full Of Ice

1. jeffk says:

   June 30, 2013 at 4:23 pm

   Just look at all the blood on the map from the polar bears cannibalizing each other, stranded on …. on….
   Nevermind.

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2. Jorge says:

   June 30, 2013 at 5:49 pm

   Don’t show this to the resident kooks, they might cry.

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3. Jim Hunt says:

   June 30, 2013 at 10:19 pm

   Try following my usual advice Steve, and zoom in on the area around the North Pole:

   http://earthdata.nasa.gov/labs/worldview/?map=-731446.286291,-378162.54186,883401.713709,678605.45814&products=baselayers,MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor~overlays,arctic_coastlines_3413,arctic_graticule_3413&time=2013-06-30&switch=arctic

   Can you see any holes in the ice yet?

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   • Olaf Koenders says:

     July 1, 2013 at 3:26 am

     All I can see are massive icebergs and no rowboat. They must have been crushed, but they’re not going near the pole. Instead, they’ll drag the boat over the shore or wait for a couple of weeks before getting it wet. Maybe they should have put wheels on it.

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4. PaddikJ says:

   July 1, 2013 at 6:00 am

   Whoa – looks like an abstract expressionist painting.

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   • Jim Hunt says:

     July 1, 2013 at 11:56 am

     Steve seems to have finished his “white” period, and entered his “red” period instead. I’ll endeavour to follow in his illustrious footsteps. Here’s this morning’s figurative canvas, complete with numerous small holes:

     http://earthdata.nasa.gov/labs/worldview/?map=-575271.970008,43252.599641,206552.029992,524532.599641&products=baselayers,MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_Bands367~overlays,arctic_coastlines_3413,arctic_graticule_3413&time=2013-07-01&switch=arctic

     Evidently the Arctic Ocean still isn’t “full of ice”?

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     • Latitude says:

       July 1, 2013 at 12:14 pm

       Jim, the wind does that….
       the ice that was in those holes, is now piled up downwind…making MYI

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       • Jim Hunt says:

         July 1, 2013 at 3:28 pm

         If it survives until next year?
       • Latitude says:

         July 1, 2013 at 3:33 pm

         if the wind doesn’t blow the ice out again……yes