Temperatures near the pole have been record cold this summer, with nothing but cold in the forecast.
Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
Reggie and Al are going to have get their blowtorches fired up, to melt the two meter thick ice in the Beaufort Sea.
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