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The summer of 2013 is blowing away all cold records north of 80N

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Reggie has been spamming all day about “insanely hot weather melting the ice at the McKenzie River delta”

Temperatures today offshore of the McKenzie River delta were more than 2.5C below normal.

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The NW Passage Rowing team has been generating publicity all over the world, claiming that they can row through the Arctic because global warming has melted the ice.

Now we find out that what they are actually doing. They are hoping to find some narrow leads near shore, to get the boat through without letting the press know that there is actually tons of ice.

arctic.io – Daily Satellite View + Observations: Canada-Inuvik, 8-N71.670629-W126.965164

The animation above shows how ice in the Beaufort Sea is getting packed tightly up against the Canadian coast.  Drift forecasts for the next week indicate that this pattern will continue.

The Northwest Passage rowers are facing 100% concentration ice, which is being further aggravated by a strong drift of multi-year ice from the pole. The ice is moving south at a rate of over 1000 feet per hour. Their boat will almost certainly get crushed if they try to row through it.

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(CNN) — An Indian airline has hit on possibly the worthiest excuse yet for hiring slim women as cabin crew — it saves fuel and therefore money.

Airline recruits women to save fuel – CNN.com

Climate nutjobs are spreading rumors all over the Internet that this region near the North Pole is a huge hole in the ice.

arctic.io – Arctic Terra – (2013/179)

10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

arctic.io – Arctic Terra – (2013/179)

They were warned

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