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Category: Ponderings Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 12:38 pm“The scientific research vessel “Polarstern” returned this morning from the Arctic to Bremerhaven (northern Germany). It was the first ship to have crossed the Northwest and Northeast passages” without having to break any ice reported an institute spokesman according to the French news agency AFP.
The Arctic ice cap, which in August saw its largest seasonal melting since satellite observations began 30 years ago, completely disappeared in the Northwest and Northeast passages in September, the European Space Agency confirmed on October 7.
According to the United States National Snow and Ice Data Center, Arctic sea ice coverage during September was at its second lowest extent since satellite records began in 1979. Average ice extent during September was 1.80 million square miles, which is 34% below the 1979-2000 average and is part of an 11.7% decline in extent per decade over the past 30 years. The record lowest extent, set in 2007 was 1.65 million square miles. ”
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