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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:31 AM
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So it seems the infamous "Northwest Passage" is now open...


The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk to its lowest level this week since satellite measurements began nearly 30 years ago, opening up the Northwest Passage – a long-sought short cut between Europe and Asia that has been historically impassable.

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Leif Toudal Pedersen from the Danish National Space Centre said: "We have seen the ice-covered area drop to just around 3 million sq km which is about 1 million sq km less than the previous minima of 2005 and 2006. There has been a reduction of the ice cover over the last 10 years of about 100 000 sq km per year on average, so a drop of 1 million sq km in just one year is extreme.



Keeping in mind that this passage has not been navigable in at least 400 years, I would say this is significant news.

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMYTC13J6F_index_0.html">Here is the article from the European Space Agency with photos

Sleep well my gentle snowflakes...

MZr7
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:33 AM
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1. I guess Sir John Franklin was just a couple of centuries too early! (n/t)
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:35 AM
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2. Oh well, who needs the Arctic, at least it's good for business!
:sarcasm:
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:38 AM
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3. This is just what the multinationals have always wanted.
A prime shipping lane.

I know I don tinfoil too often but...

I have never said this out loud but I wonder if the rapid acceleration of global warming has anything to do with weather control legislation that has been passed in the last decade.

OK. I finally said.

Pile on.
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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:39 AM
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4. Apparently Russians were seen migrating to Alaska recently and were suprised by the natives
already living there.
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