sea ice report

Maybe the polar bear is doing ok this year.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/...is/350_100.gif

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:19:04 GMT, "Michael Toms"
wrote:

Maybe the polar bear is doing ok this year.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/...is/350_100.gif

I don't think so. The ice extent is even worse this year than last, and
last year was the lowest on record. Looks like 2009 will end up with a
new record low.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:19:04 GMT, "Michael Toms"
wrote:

Maybe the polar bear is doing ok this year.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/...is/350_100.gif

I don't think so. The ice extent is even worse this year than last, and
last year was the lowest on record. Looks like 2009 will end up with a
new record low.

I just don't believe that. The pic shows lots of ice and it's already August
almost.
You better post some links to back up your belief.

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:52:22 GMT, "Michael Toms"
wrote:

I just don't believe that. The pic shows lots of ice and it's already August
almost.
You better post some links to back up your belief.

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

Try looking at the comparative monthly data from year to year. The July
2009 data isn't available yet (obviously), but the daily July image
shows lees coverage than last year's July. We'll see in a few days how
the months compared on the whole. June 2009 had a little better extent
(but maybe not concentration) that June 2008, but far less than any
years before that. The trend data (also plotted) clearly shows that
things are not getting better. It's pretty likely that the Northwest
Passage will be navigable again this year for a few weeks.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

In article acwam.36427$Db2.35871@edtnps83,
"Michael Toms" wrote:
"Crissy L Peterpuffer" felched a quivering jerboa up his arse
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:19:04 GMT, "Michael Toms"
wrote:

Maybe the polar bear is doing ok this year.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/...is/350_100.gif

I don't think so. The ice extent is even worse this year than last, and
last year was the lowest on record. Looks like 2009 will end up with a
new record low.

I just don't believe that. The pic shows lots of ice and it's already August
almost.
You better post some links to back up your belief.


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On Jul 25, 2:57*pm, "S. Caro" wrote:
Chris L Peterson wrote:
It's pretty likely that the Northwest
Passage will be navigable again this year for a few weeks.

The Northwest Passage was first traversed by Roand Amundson in 1905
using a 70 foot sailing boat. *He is credited with its discovery.

There were no SUV's or heavy industries back then, and atmospheric
CO2 levels were a few parts per million lower than they are today. *

Why was this arctic passage open over 100 years ago when the earth's
average temperature was ~1C cooler? *Why didn't polar bears become
extinct then?

It seems to me that global warming might not be the main cause of
today's melting arctic ice. *As a matter of fact, it might have nothing
to do with it at all.

You might try reading a little history. It seems that it took him
three years to make the trip and he traversed only shallow water where
only young ice (read as very thin ice) was present. There doesn't
seem to be any reference to an ice free northwest passage, only to
multi-year trips (like Amundson who made the passage in 1906) or via
icebreakers which crush the young ice enough to allow passage in the
late 40's and early 50's in any reliable reference (ie not Watts)