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Vision Of An Ice Free Arctic

November 24, 2013
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By Paul Homewood

 

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http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/ARCHIVE/20061121.jpg

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/

 

Arctic sea ice extent is currently running 577,000 sq km above 2006 levels, and higher than any year since then except for 2008.

 

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http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/index.html

 

It is also interesting comparing the Cryosphere Today images for the 2006 and 2013. There are a couple of stark contrasts.

  • This year looks to have more of the highly concentrated ice, paticularly along the Canadian coast.
  • In 2006, there was more ice  to the north of Norway, and in the Baltic – both places where it would not survive the summer.

And yes, that white stuff is snow. Notice the difference in Alaska.

from → Climate Change
8 Comments
  1. Glen Bishop permalink
    November 24, 2013 6:10 pm

    Ice in Hudson Bay to keep the polar bears happy.

  2. Don permalink
    November 24, 2013 6:29 pm

    There are still polar bears alive in the wild!? Who woulda thunk it.

  3. John F. Hultquist permalink
    November 24, 2013 6:34 pm

    The areal extent of ice on the margins of the Arctic Ocean is still growing but unlike Antarctica this is a more or less enclosed area and is now covered. As for Hudson Bay, it is just now beginning to ice over. See:

    http://iceagenow.info/2013/10/ice-hudson-bay-doubling-previous-years/

    Note the comment about Foxe Basin – the area just north of Hudson Bay.
    Google Earth: 65.793187, -79.309085 or use the name Foxe Basin

  4. Brian H permalink
    November 25, 2013 9:06 am

    Note the perspective change in the two images. Focus, e.g., on Hudson’s Bay, which looks further north and smaller in the 2006 version.

  5. Green Sand permalink
    November 25, 2013 4:40 pm

    Keep a “weather eye” on the Denmark Strait:-

    I cannot be sure but I don’t recall seeing that much ice in the Strait in the last few years. Some background here:-

    “Sea ice in the Denmark Strait (Greenland Sound)”

    http://website.lineone.net/~polar.publishing/seaiceincidents.htm

    • Billy Liar permalink
      November 27, 2013 11:17 am

      I’m wondering whether it’s going to be one of those years where they get sea ice off the north-western fjords in Iceland like 1965.

  6. Mick J permalink
    November 27, 2013 11:53 am

    Green Sand permalink
    November 25, 2013 4:40 pm

    Keep a “weather eye” on the Denmark Strait:-
    ————————-
    Yes, I have noticed this. There was a storm earlier in November that shifted a lot of ice from the north of Svalbard to the south. As you note, the gap is closing.

    This animation shows this happening.

    Mick.

  7. Green Sand permalink
    December 1, 2013 3:02 pm

    30th November 2013

    IARC-JAXA Information System (IJIS)

    http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm

    Arctic Sea Ice Extent

    Version 1 exceeds 2000’s Average

    http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/revision_v2.html

    2000’s Average for 30th Nov = 10,562,391 km2

    2013 Actual for 30th Nov = 10,628,281 km2

    http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot.csv

    Version 2 close to 2000’s Average

    2000’s Average for 30th Nov = 10,962,316 km2

    2013 Actual for 30th Nov = 10,866,552 km2

    http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot_v2.csv

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