In 1958, the New York Times predicted the Arctic would be ice-free “within the lifetime of our children.”
The New York Times
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1958“Some scientists estimate that the polar ice pack is 40 per cent thinner and 12 per cent less in area than it was a half-century ago, and that even within the lifetime of our children the Arctic Ocean may open, enabling ships to sail over the North Pole, as the submarines Nautilus and Skate recently sailed under it.”
TimesMachine: October 19, 1958 – NYTimes.com
There is no shipping going on in the Arctic.
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Well, the Covid jabs may well have shortened the lifetime of my children considerably. That’ll presumably have made Global Boiling predictions harder to satisfy.