The vast expanses of multiyear ice that once covered the Arctic Oceanand were a major hindrance in navigating through the Arctic forcenturies has practically vanished according to Canada's Research Chairin Arctic System Science at the University of Manaitoba, David Barber.Barber recently returned from an expedition to find multiyear sea icein the Arctic only to find very little.
According to Barber, the littlemultiyear sea ice that remains is jammed up against the coast ofCanada's Arctic Archipelago, far from potential shipping routes. "From a practical point of view, the Arctic is almost seasonally ice-free now", says Barber. Since multiyear sea ice is the main barrier to the use and development of the Arctic, shipping companies are already looking to benefit from warming waters, with two German cargo ships successfully navigating from South Korea along Russia's northern Siberia coast without the help of icebreakers this year.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/yko8nrd
Want to help with Global-Warming? Please visit http://www.whiteearth.org
Become a fan of the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/whiteearthorg or http://www.facebook.com/whiteearth
Become a friend on Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/christopherbeau
Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/christopherbeau
Help with supporting WhiteEarth.org by buying art on http://www.artsymphony.com 100% of proceeds go to WhiteEarth
No comments:
Post a Comment