Concern about Arctic sea ice has been growing as global temperatures increase. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
reported in January that the ice coverage was 9.4 percent below previous averages. That’s the smallest extent recorded in January since scientists began recording in 1979. Last Thursday,
theWashington Post reported that Arctic temperatures were 45 degrees above normal, the warmest temperatures in February ever recorded.
This weekend, temperatures at the Cape Morris Jesup weather station—one of the northernmost in the world—
remained above freezing for 24 straight hours. Meanwhile, climate change is causing a
secret military base in Greenland to meltout of the ice, and scientists have reported open water north of Greenland. This, all in the dead of winter, when the Arctic has constant darkness.
Though there are no temperature recording stations at the North Pole,
scientists believe that temperatures there reached 35 degrees Fahrenheit this weekend.
It's the Middle of Winter and the Temperature at the North Pole Is Above Freezing
Really?