Sunday, September 30, 2018

Open water towards 85 North at October's gate

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    The Atlantic front East of Spitsbergen is also advancing Northwards.  It is probably the slowest overall refreeze since 2012.  There i...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Thinner sea ice always with pervasive low clouds slowed the yearly melting rate in summer, but reduced accretion and extent in winter

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~Only much sunnier Arctic Ocean summers can cause greater melts... ~There was more solar forcing prior to 2013 ~                         ...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

Tale of 2 sides of the North Pole, one with fresh snow cover, the other a summer cloudy day

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 A 2018 special feature wide open water where no human has ever seen before,   was covered up by snow  ,  as if it never happened.  But i...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Minima time rapid melting

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~When most September 15's are Minima time,  sea ice in 2018 is still rapidly vanishing NASA EOSDIS September 8-14-15 loop. 79 NORTH...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Stealth sea surface temperatures

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~Although the record high surface water temperatures may appear currently smallish ~Their influence is somehow reflected in larger area of ...

LATE season melting examples

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~With clouds rarely absent ,  a  glimpse of pre-minima very late melting    Extraordinary "Goodbye Waves" action,  EOSDIS Se...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Differing resolutions confusions

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~There is a whole lot less ice than 15% extent rule 16 KM grid suggests ~We explore differing resolutions    Despite latest reports sug...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Again never seen before wide open water in area usually laced with thick sea ice

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~WOW moment again,  2018 season is full of surprises ~Never seen before in history open water 100 nautical miles North of Ward Hunt Island ...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Message from planet Earth: look at the Poles

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~Remaining 2018 Arctic sea ice pack looks strangely familiar:

Dancing with the winds sea ice, skillfully confuses extent numbers

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~Misinterpreting freezing with moving  NASA EOSDIS about centred 77 North 180 W August 20 to 27,  despite clouds we look at it move and...