[jjw]

"The ice is about 10 to 20 centimetres thicker than last year, so that's a significant increase," he said.

If he is refering to the entire arctic, 4-8 inches over zillions of square miles sounds like an incredible amount of new ice.

[American in Singapore]

If he is refering to the entire arctic, 4-8 inches over zillions of square miles sounds like an incredible amount of new ice.

Well, since the Arctic has less than 3% of the world's ice, the entire article is pretty irrelevant anyway.

The only relevance to Arctic ice is if it melts enough to allow year-round shipping.

Them's the facts.

[proud_yank]

If he is refering to the entire arctic, 4-8 inches over zillions of square miles sounds like an incredible amount of new ice.

I'm currently out in the Arctic Ocean. When I arrived it was -45, but it recently warmed up to about -20. There is a huge ridge of ice about 30' tall that was pushed up by a windstorm a few weeks ago.

One morning I went with a crew checking ice thickness, which measured 52".