This summer may see first ice-free North Pole
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A picture taken 2007 shows a glacier seen from the Ice Fjord on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. There could be a brief time this summer when there is no ice on the North Pole, a US scientist said Friday, blaming global warming that has melted the Arctic ice sheet over decades.(AFP/File/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)
AP - There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. |
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