Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage (Eskimos, polar bears hardest hit)

Associated Press ^ | September 17, 2007 | JAMEY KEATEN

[presidio9]

Like clockwork, we see a different iteration at the very end of every summer now. Just like some time around easter we can expect to see a story about some large block of ice splitting off of antartica, or just some generic bad news for penguins. Pay no attention to the fact that we are about to conclude one of the coolest summers on record here in the northeast.

[Vaquero]

EXCELLENT!!! why give the chicoms money to use Panama Canal.

[Red Badger]

...since such images were first taken in 1978.

So they don't know if it ever happened before 1978...............

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

"...Arctic ice has shrunk to some 1 million square miles. The previous low was 1.5 million square miles, in 2005..."

Actually, the previous low was Zero square miles, in 18,000 B.C., a veritable blink in time, geologically.

[Red Badger]

Our summer here was fairly cool, too. No triple digit days that I can remember. Drought nearly killed my weeds, though..............

[MNJohnnie]

And how long have the been keeping records? Do they have records from the 10-13th Century when Vikings were growing grapes in Nova Scotia?

[joe fonebone]

and pay no attention to the fact that while the arctic icecap is getting smaller, the antarctic icecap is getting larger....since heat rises, could it be global warming?

[bmwcyle]

And here in Virginia, it is like mid-fall already.

[wastedyears]

I was just able to see my breath as vapor this morning in CT. Yes, it was that cool out.

[angcat]

We had frost this morning in Hazleton PA.

[bmwcyle]

We are heading for the next small ice age. We will soon see the left change to blame America for it.

[absolootezer0]

not quite cold enough for frost here, but low 40s in MI.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Record High Antarctic Ice Levels Ignored by Media

[ChocChipCookie]

Isn’t there a sailor who thought he could sail through the Northwest Passage because of global warming, and now he is stuck in the ice up there?

[gridlock]

It's a shame nobody told this guy, who has been stuck in the Arctic ice and will probably lose his boat as winter closes in.

On the one hand I have yet another pseudo-scientific "study" that says that this year is the warmest-ever-ever-ever and we're all gonna die. On the other hand, I have a 42-foot boat crushed by ice. The latter seems to be much more concrete evidence than the former to these wizened old eyes...

[BOBTHENAILER]

The waters are exposing unexplored resources, and vessels could trim thousands of miles from Europe to Asia by bypassing the Panama Canal.

The benefits of Global Warming. I LOVE IT.

[HamiltonJay]

lowest level since such images were first taken in 1978.

Wow, less than 30 years of data, but this is the lowest level "ever"... (rolling eyes)

30 years is not even a millisecond in time when speaking of global climate cycles and things... what a bunch of hogwash.

[Ender Wiggin]

“So they don’t know if it ever happened before 1978...............

Well yes they do, there are navigation records from the Medieval Warm Period that strongly indicate an ice-free Arctic.

But if you believe in AGW, the Warm Period and Little ICe Age never happened.

[wbill]

Waitaminute.

Isn't there a guy who is trying to run the Northwest Passage *right now* who has gotten icebound?

I know for certain that there a couple of eco-nuts that recently took a shot at skiing to the Pole, and had to turn back because of the cold weather.

Let me do some homework on FR.... Methinks that the MSM is being a bit selective in their reporting.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Warming trend that brought about the ascendence of man continues! delays slightly the imminant coming ice age that will bury half of America under glaciers.

Oh, I guess the big picture is not important these days.