Thursday, September 8, 2016

Atlantic Front Franz Josef Lands melt/retreat Northwards, dispersion of broken apart sea ice will eventually thin further and give dramatic extent drop

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  We see thinning of sea ice loose packs almost everywhere in the Arctic Ocean,  here North of Franz Josef Land Russia, is a retreat of se...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

De coiling sea ice , a sea ice momentum reprieve North of Greenland.

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Some of the toughest thickest sea ice is also decompressing North of Greenland,  the pressure from the usual sea ice momentum given by th...

N.P. to Ostrov Komsomolets once ice bridge in taters, dispersing greatly as well as melting

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   It was the strongest ice bridge in summer 2016, was from the Pole to Russia,  principally because there was a thinner snow layer wh...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

A lot of confusing action explains extent drop stall

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   Apparent to all is the Transpolar Stream fill,  in a mere day,  affecting extent readings, there is also false snow reflections partic...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Some effects of open water Transpolar Stream Current

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It is not so obvious,  there is the Atlantic front,  where there is far less sea ice momentum pushing slowly to the North Atlantic:   Au...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Transpolar Stream Current is now a free flowing sea river with broken sea ice all the way to the North Atlantic

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~Another first in history   The collapse of what solid ice barrier remained at the shores of the Atlantic effectively has made the Trans...

Wrangel bridge waves away: Goodbye!

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    Once sea ice melts to Goodbye Waves (slush), it doesn't take very long before these waves vanish to darkness.  Here we have, very ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Atlantic Front retreating, likely because no substantial replenishment

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~  And Goodbye Waves Palooza everywhere signifying great melting    If the  Trans Polar Stream has less ice,  it also means less mom...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Wrangel Island ice bridge no more, its a messy combination of very thin broken sea ice and Goodbye Waves

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       Goodbye Waves can give a problem with determining wether they are sea ice or as they really are slush: Goodbye Waves along with ...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Cyclone centring by sea ice footprints? Another North Pole hole miss

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   North Pole proximity had the visit of an important cyclone approximately 974 mb for about half a day.   Again a great deal of open wate...