"...after a 28-day struggle through Arctic waters to complete a historic trip only made possible by climate change."
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/british-team-are-the-first-to-row-to-the-north-pole-2344427.html
Interactive map on sea ice loss 1979-2007:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/10/01/science/20071002_ARCTIC_GRAPHIC.html
"Over the past few weeks, initial measurements of sea ice have averaged about .9 meters or about three feet — 1.1 meters thinner than comparable measurements taken in 2001..."
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/north-pole-sea-ice-half-thick-2001#comment-25701
"Meanwhile, the U.S.-based National Snow and Ice Data Centre has made public data that show total Arctic ice is once again retreating below the 5-million-square-kilometre mark, meaning the five greatest melts since satellite measurements began in the late 1970s have occurred in the past five years."
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Arctic+retreat+reopens+Northwest+Passage/5315614/story.html
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