Another Record Minimum for Sea Ice Cover in the Arctic Ocean?

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Another Record Minimum for Sea Ice Cover in the Arctic Ocean?

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Is the Arctic in for another record low sea ice year? It is starting to look like it. The recently released June 2004 ice extent and concentration are much lower than normal (Fig. 1-3), indicating that annual minimum ice extent, which occurs in September, is likely to be well below normal. If so, this would be the third year in a row with substantial below-normal ice conditions in the Arctic, an unprecedented event in the 30+ year record of satellite observations of Arctic sea ice.

http://nsidc.org/news/press/20041607_seaice.html

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