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    When do scientists predict that the North Pole could be free of ice for the first time in recorded history?

    Question #97057. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 27 08 7:25 PM)


    darthrevan89

    		This summer.

    Arctic warming has become so dramatic that the North Pole may melt this summer, report scientists studying the effects of climate change in the field.

    "We're actually projecting this year that the North Pole may be free of ice for the first time [in history]," David Barber, of the University of Manitoba, told National Geographic News aboard the C.C.G.S. Amundsen, a Canadian research icebreaker.

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080620-north-pole.html

    Jun 27 08, 7:30 PM

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