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hatrack

(59,583 posts) Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:08 PM Sep 2016

Let's Look Into The Abyss Together! TERRA/MODIS Imagery Of Sea Ice At North Pole 8 September 2016

https://twitter.com/ZLabe?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Whee! This is exciting!

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Let's Look Into The Abyss Together! TERRA/MODIS Imagery Of Sea Ice At North Pole 8 September 2016 (Original Post) hatrack Sep 2016 OP

Holy shit! GliderGuider Sep 2016 #1

Yeah, my thoughts exactly hatrack Sep 2016 #2

Not as bad as 2012, but… OKIsItJustMe Sep 2016 #4

We are well, and truly.. denbot Sep 2016 #3

Good, just think of all the oil under there that we can access, now! Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #5

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

1. Holy shit!

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:35 PM

Sep 2016

That's terrifying. Never seen anything like it.

hatrack

(59,583 posts)

2. Yeah, my thoughts exactly

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:41 PM

Sep 2016

We'll just miss the 2012 record low in extent, but I don't know what that even means any more, given the degree of fracturing that now spans most of the cap.

There are two "arms" (if you will) of rotten pack, one nearly reaching Svalbard, and the other reaching open water just NE of Franz Josef land.

Bear in mind, the image below is from three days ago.