It’s summer, so it must be global warming
September 13, 2009 at 8:35 am | In Global Warming | Leave a CommentWe’ve had a mild summer here in the Southeast, but that isn’t stopping the media from finding one place in the world where it might be warmer than normal, and proclaiming global warming.
Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South Korea along Russia’s Arctic coast to Siberia.
Now the German-owned ships are poised to complete their journey through the cold waters where icebergs abound, heading for Rotterdam in the Netherlands with 3,500 tons of construction parts.
The merchant ships MV Beluga Fraternity and MV Beluga Foresight arrived this week in Yamburg, Siberia, their owner Beluga Shipping GmbH said Friday. They traveled from Ulsan, South Korea, in late July to Siberia by way of the Northeast Passage, a sea lane that, in years past, was avoided because of its heavy ice floes.
Yes, Arctic sea ice melts in summer. Your average 7th-grader could probably explain that. At the same time, the Antarctic ice cap grows. In winter, never fear, because while the Antarctic ice cap undergoes some melting, the Arctic ice cap will grow. It happens every year.
2 German cargo ships pass through ‘Arctic Passage’ – Yahoo! News
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