Arctic ice area continues to be normal, but experts say the Arctic will be ice-free in less than 90 days.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
Arctic ice area continues to be normal, but experts say the Arctic will be ice-free in less than 90 days.
ssmi1_ice_area.png (1667×1250)
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
A few Russian icebreakers will take care of that!
Not to mention all the others – US, Canadian, German and Danish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_icebreaker#Arctic_tourism
Reblogged this on Climate Ponderings.
Actually it is quite clear that Arctic ice is above ‘normal’, when you do not cherry pick years for your mean.
Look at the number of years in the image used for the “30 year mean”
And also note where their meaningless mean ends.
The sea ice that was.
Two failures in one sentence. How does the Independent do it?
Heh. They could have been more credible if they included Piltdown Man in their report.