Eastern Arctic currently experiencing coldest spring in more than 50 years
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Data Corrected – Sea Ice Extent Now Greater, Near Normal for Most of April/May
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Video: Arctic Sea Ice Time Lapse from 1978 to 2009 using NSIDC data
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New Study: ‘Arctic warming from 1910-1940 proceeded at significantly faster rate than current 1970-2008 warming’
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Brrr…Parts of Canada running 16 degrees F below normal… Arctic ice recovery should continue
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Arctic Comedy: Global warming trek ‘makes it less than half way’ to North Pole due to temps dropping below -40C!
Excerpt: The team of four trekked more than 269 miles for 73 days but were unable to make it to the North Pole because of extreme weather, with temperatures dropping below -40 degrees Celsius. The Catlin Arctic Survey, the first Polar expedition to monitor the affects of climate change on sea ice, was also unable to measure the ice using state-of-the art equipment because of the freezing conditions.
Excerpt: The three explorers have learned that the Arctic Ocean is pretty cold! They saw all their advanced scientific gadgets freeze and break. They have survived frozen-solid clothes, a frost-bitten and stinky toe, a needle in a buttock, and an anti-septic cream pretending to be a toothpaste. The expedition has showed that the Arctic Ocean is cool enough for the airplanes to safely land in the middle of May, much later than what used to be considered as the limit back in 2003 (April 30th). They learned that there are places without any multi-year ice and the new ice can still be very thick. Most importantly, they have learned that Nature, and not arrogant or other humans, is in charge of the atmosphere. When it comes to millions of squared kilometers of ice, the human civilization is pretty weak and impotent.
North Pole trek mapping Arctic sea ice ends early – AFP – May 13, 2009
Excerpt: There was also “a lot less open water” than expected, Hadow said, noting the team was prepared to swim in the frigid Arctic waters up to two hours each day, but only had to get wet once during the trip. […] Hadow said a hot shower awaited them upon their arrival at Eureka station in Canada’s far north. […] Daniels said she looked forward to drinking a glass of “full-bodied red wine” in front of a roaring fire and sleeping in a bed with fresh sheets, after discarding her smelly sleeping bag.
Excerpt: A team of polar explorers has travelled to the Arctic in a bid to discover how quickly …