[ComputerGuy]

“Reduction in sea ice due to climate change means chokepoints such as the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia and the Barents Sea north of Norway are becoming more navigable and more economically and militarily significant.”

So, this is happening now? The ice is already melting?

[jimtorr]

The ice is already melting?

Well,sure. It's spring. Ice is melting all over the north.