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Originally Posted by Phogg
You will note that to make any "Record" of any sort they had to go back no further than the 1980s
If they included say - the 1950s when the polar ice cap all but melted - then the ludicrousness of the article becomes undeniable.
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The satellite that track the Artic Ice began operation in 1979. Maybe that's the reason why?
If the polar ice map melted in 1950s, why didn't commercial ships travel through the Northwest and Northeast Passage, saving some 30-40% of their journey time?
The first commercial ship to travel the Northwest Passage was back in 2008.
2009 for the Northeast Passage. Traveled from South Korea to the Netherlands
http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...d-1786128.html
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No commercial vessel has ever successfully travelled the North-east Passage, a fabled Arctic Sea route that links the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific far more directly than the usual southerly cargo route. Explorers throughout history have tried, and failed; some have died in the attempt.
But early next week the German-owned vessels, Beluga Fraternity and Beluga Foresight, are scheduled to dock in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. It is the culmination of a two-month voyage from South Korea across the perilous waters of the Arctic, where an unprecedented ice-melt has at last made the previously impassable course a viable possibility.
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I just google and found this from NOAA
http://www.ecology.com/2011/09/11/ea...ng-arctic-ice/
I doubt the Arctic was free of ice back in the 1950s.
sorry everyone for getting this topic off track.