Another unexpected danger associated with Arctic shipping: soot deposition on the ice

[NickB79]

http://www.zmescience.com/ecology/environmental-issues/melting-polar-ice-makes-way-for-new-shipping-routes/

Climate activists view this latest route as clear evidence of climate change, and while they accept that ships would burn less fuel and emit less CO2, they fear oil spills and other maritime accidents, as well as “black carbon”, the sooty residue of partly burned fuel which is deposited on ice and is a short-lived but powerful “forcer” of climate change.

Crap, never thought of that.

[AverageJoe90]

1. This should be explored some more.

Valdez in '89 was bad enough.....imagine that multiplied by 100 and we've got a big problem on our hands here.