Northwest Passage Now Totally Ice Free! D:

According to Newsnight. Last year it was nearly ice-free, now apparently it's completely clear and passable to ships. Newsnight's feature on it, or a preview anyway.

TAKE THAT CAL!

But we're not all underwater and New York isn't frozen over! I feel lies to.

Who gives a gooseberry fool? Not me, that's for sure.

*drives hummer*

That's good news. Should stop the old folk falling and hurting themselves this winter.

Alvin Flummux wrote:According to Newsnight. Last year it was nearly ice-free, now apparently it's completely clear and passable to ships. Looking for online linkage now.

TAKE THAT CAL!

Hold on Newsnight are a bit behind, this was last years news

Added a link in the OP to Newsnight's feature, or a preview anyway.

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Hold on Newsnight are a bit behind, this was last years news

But summer happens every year.

Take that Al Gore!

Why is this even news? The Northwest Passage - as anyone who knows their history of great explorations is well aware - regularly freezes and thaws. It's not always dependable; some years it remains frozen from year-to-year, other times it thaws out. So just what the hell is newsworthy here?

Oh. I get it. Because it's thawed out it's confirmation that man-made climate change is to blame. Sorry, I forgot that's how that works. How silly of me. :lol:

Cal wrote:Why is this even news? The Northwest Passage - as anyone who knows their history of great explorations is well aware - regularly freezes and thaws. It's not always dependable; some years it remains frozen from year-to-year, other times it thaws out. So just what the hell is newsworthy here?

For the first time in recorded history, it is completely ice free and safe for non-ice ships. This has not happened before. It has thawed on occasion, but never that we know to this extent.

Shadow wrote::o But we're not all underwater and New York isn't frozen over! I feel lies to.

Erm.... if the northern polar icecap totally melts it wont really matter to tide rise, only the southern one will cause a dramatic rise in global tides.

The big problems surrounding the melting of the Arctic sea ice are mainly territorial in nature, e.g. who controls the northwest passage, who gets to probe for oil and where, etcetera.

Northwest Passage Now Totally Ice Free! D:

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