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NORTH POLE, NO ICE
Canwest News Service ^ | June 23, 2008 | Randy Boswell

Posted on 06/26/2008 8:41:55 PM PDT by navysealdad

After a 2007 polar meltdown that sparked global concern, experts say the stage is set for another record-setting retreat of Arctic Ocean ice - with a top Canadian climate scientist already bracing for the once-unthinkable: open water at the North Pole.

"The North Pole may be free of ice for the first time in history," University of Manitoba polar specialist David Barber told Canwest News Service on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; northpole; northwestpassage
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1 posted on 06/26/2008 8:41:56 PM PDT by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

didnt I just read something about volcanos on the floor of the sea of the north pole??

That couldnt have contributed?


2 posted on 06/26/2008 8:43:11 PM PDT by Chickensoup (President of the Freeper Co-ed Naked Mud-wrestling Team!)
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To: navysealdad

first time in history?

so that means we can drill there now thats great


3 posted on 06/26/2008 8:43:19 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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To: navysealdad
But these volcanoes under the sea bed have nothing to do with it. ;-)
4 posted on 06/26/2008 8:45:29 PM PDT by Amelia
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To: Flavius

Hell yes perfect come back


5 posted on 06/26/2008 8:45:38 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: navysealdad

Canadians better get a Navy soon because the Russians, Americans, Chinese and pretty much everyone else will be sailing around up in this newly opened ocean.


6 posted on 06/26/2008 8:45:48 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: navysealdad
Weasel wording, no mention of Volcanic Activity at the Pole, and no mention of colder weather than normal this time of year.

Final Analysis, Junk Science.


7 posted on 06/26/2008 8:46:46 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Flavius

history is a long time..How would they know?


8 posted on 06/26/2008 8:46:49 PM PDT by navysealdad (http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
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To: navysealdad

The link keeps sending me back here. I read an article earlier today about volcanos under the arctic ice.

That dang SUV of mine caused, and our pickup truck aided and abetted!


9 posted on 06/26/2008 8:46:57 PM PDT by passionfruit (When illegals become legal, even they won't do work American's won't do)
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To: PGR88

Must be getting warm enough to water-ski soon then?


10 posted on 06/26/2008 8:47:34 PM PDT by Never2baCrat
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To: navysealdad

they are reporters, facts have no influence on them

and logic is a foreign concept


11 posted on 06/26/2008 8:49:22 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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To: navysealdad
Satellite images of the North Pole 20 years yesterday compared to yesterday http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=06&fd=26&fy=1980&sm=06&sd=25&sy=2008

Yesterday ice levels versus last year http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=06&fd=26&fy=2007&sm=06&sd=25&sy=2008

I think the jury is still out on whether it will be ice free this year. At least now we can see these images on a daily basis and do not have to rely on the MSM to tell you what is happening.

12 posted on 06/26/2008 8:49:55 PM PDT by Aussiebabe
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To: navysealdad
["The North Pole may be free of ice for the first time in history,"]

Well, it's about time!

13 posted on 06/26/2008 8:50:58 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: navysealdad

“How would they know?”

Weather history is a delicious blank slate to them — it can be whatever they want. Pick your tree ring, pick your genus, your hemisphere, oh the possibilities!


14 posted on 06/26/2008 8:51:25 PM PDT by littlehouse36 (This proportional font brought to you by the free market.)
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To: darkwing104

Cmon now! Mr Barber is a P.H.D.

Piled Higher and Deeper


15 posted on 06/26/2008 8:52:10 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

The famed Northwest Passage is open?

If only Columbus and other explorers had waited until now.


16 posted on 06/26/2008 8:52:55 PM PDT by racing fan
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17 posted on 06/26/2008 8:53:01 PM PDT by littlehouse36 (This proportional font brought to you by the free market.)
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To: Aussiebabe

Cool (no pun intended).


18 posted on 06/26/2008 8:53:35 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: navysealdad

http://www.john-daly.com/NP1987.jpg

http://www.john-daly.com/polar/arctic.htm


19 posted on 06/26/2008 8:54:06 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: navysealdad
Funny, according to the current maps, there is substantially more ice up there this year than last year. Daily arctic ice maps 6/25/07 vs 6/25/08
20 posted on 06/26/2008 8:54:49 PM PDT by MediaMole
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