Sixty years ago, the New York Times predicted ships would be sailing over the North Pole “within the lifetime of our children.”
TimesMachine: October 19, 1958 – NYTimes.com
And 60 years later, both the Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route are blocked by 12 foot thick ice.
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Reggie better get his blowtorch out from prison. Sea ice volume has hardly changed since the peak earlier this month.
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There has been almost no change in extent over the past three days. Red below shows decrease since May 13, green shows increase.
But no worries, the Democrat’s #1 climate prophet says the Arctic will be ice-free this summer.
The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search
And Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore says the Arctic has been ice-free for four years.
