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Green campaigners said the spill demonstrated the dangers of oil exploration, and called for an end to proposals to drill in the Arctic.

We call it a 'MYI invasion' and that's going to be the threat as we transition to an ice-free summertime Arctic.

A few years ago the projection was that the Arctic Ocean would be ice-free in the summers by about the year 2080.

On film, he reminisces passionately of the fear he felt before setting out on his Trans-Arctic journey.

Looking over the endless, empty horizon of the Arctic, I find it hard to imagine this spot being of any importance to global affairs.

to him, it was as though an Arctic explorer had expressed a fear that the weather might turn cold.

If the Inughuit are forced to leave their ancient homeland, it is likely that the language of these Arctic hunters will disappear.

Last time, I was able to book a cruise to the Arctic to see a solar eclipse.

There is no doubt that this is the beauty of the Arctic summer, enjoy the visual.

More pleasingly still, the first images it sent back could have come out of a geography textbook's chapter on arctic terrain.

MARK C. SERREZE has spent most of his research career trying to understand the snow, ice and climate of the Arctic.

It said the Arctic Sea ice dropped to its second-lowest level during the melt season since satellite measurements began in 1979.

An injury that might be inconsequential back home could prove fatal in the isolated Arctic with no one around to help.

In North America, one currently runs through the panhandle of Florida up to the Great Lakes and into the Arctic Ocean.

This theory is often supported by the fact that it is impossible to search the bottom of the Arctic currently for it.

Plus you'd save fuel on shipping, so if you think about it a melted Arctic circle is almost "green" .

In a zoo he would be a star attraction; here he is in his element as an emblem of Arctic wildlife.

We hope you are able to travel to far-north places like the Arctic Circle and see the Northern Lights at least once during your lifetime.

With its passengers bundled against the arctic wind blowing off the Beaufort Sea, the small boat speeds smoothly across the lagoon.

What was unusual about this was that Torrington had been dead for 138 years, buried under 1. 8 meters of Arctic permafrost.

Mr Harper said the developments demonstrated to the world that Canada had a "real, growing, long-term presence in the Arctic" .

When there's a smaller gradient, air is often able to flow down from the Arctic.

Near the Arctic Circle, it was the final part of the nation to be explored and settled.

they continued to encourage the soldiers floating nearby , even as they themselves faced certain death in arctic waters.

Yi said it would be dangerous to try to use the results to predict when the Arctic might be ice-free in summer.

This is, obviously, that famous view now of the Arctic, which is likely to be gone at this point in the next three or four or five years.

A LITTLE OVER A DECADE AGO, NOKIA WAS AN UNKNOWN COMPANY IN A TINY country on the edge of the Arctic Circle.

When fleshed out on Sims's color monitor, the equation painted what seems to be two sheets of icicles backlit by an arctic sunset.

But most coastal states around the Arctic are not keen to have their hands tied by an international agreement of this kind.

Think of Ireland. Rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, make it a third bigger and hang it like a pendant from the Arctic Circle.

However, he said the accelerating melting of Arctic ice is worrisome and it is urgent we strengthen scientific research on the phenomenon.

In the Arctic, above the ice and below, wildlife prospers in what might seem to be an inhospitable environment.

I was up in the high Arctic to tell a story about global warming, inspired in part by the former Vice President's wonderful book.

The unusual cold might have been driven at least partly by the Arctic Oscillation (AO).

Then, this past winter, there was a natural weather shift called the Arctic Oscillation, sort of a cold weather cousin to El Nino.

As the ocean currents and the Arctic anti-cyclone, the Arctic is not the coldest place in the central Arctic Ocean.

The shaft of the ceremonial mace is the whorled tusk of a narwhal, a small Arctic whale. The door handles are of walrus tusk.

In honor of our Arctic Photo Contest, we've tapped her to share a few of her photos and comment on her work.

For now, the only inter-governmental body with a say over the region is the Arctic Council: its mandate is narrowly environmental.

One of the main reasons for the increase in temperature is that the snow would no longer be cooling the air over the Arctic.

At midsummer night, the sun does not sink even at midnight in the northernmost areas of the Northern Hemisphere beyond the Arctic Circle.

Though it prefers hunting small mammals, the Arctic fox is at heart an opportunist. The Arctic is no place to be picky.

Despite the appearance of a free-for-all , governments and scientists still co - operate over the Arctic; often there is no choice.

The Arctic can be defined in a number of different ways but is generally considered to be the region inside or near to the Arctic Circle.

Canada is establishing a year-round Arctic presence on land and sea as well as in the air.

They vary from that of Mexican desert at the canyon bottom to the arctic-alpine type of the San Francisco peaks.

Climate change is now opening up the Arctic for potential oil and gas exploration as the sea ice retreats.

If it cost no more to sail through the Arctic than anywhere else, yes: the savings per voyage would be huge.

During these bursts of Arctic fury it seems as if the ice ages have once again returned, if only for several days or weeks.

"There's no doubt that estimates of Arctic warming are uncertain, and should be regarded with caution, " Hansen said.

Then in June, as if by magic, a never-setting summer sun gives birth to hundreds of species of arctic plants to cover the ground.

The scientists also determined that this sulfur accumulation closely tracked with temperature changes in the Arctic.

The first kayaks were constructed with a wooden frame covered with seal skin and used to hunt in the open waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Scientists believe this means the stream will not be able to add that extra heat to Europe and compensate for the cold Arctic winds.

The scientific labours in the chill winds and high seas of the Arctic summer seem wrapped in an unusual sense of urgency this year.

The change in the Arctic is enough toexplain a recent increase in global methane levels in the atmosphere, he said.

The loss of Arctic sea ice helps accelerate the warming of the atmosphere in the far north, thanks to what's known as the albedo effect.

A member of any of the Eskimo peoples of North America and especially of Arctic Canada and Greenland.

Ner'zhul cast a plague of undeath - which had originated from deep within the Frozen Throne, out into the arctic wasteland.

In frozen arctic regions or in ocean waters off the coast, and up to a mile down.

For most people faced with images of oil sands being dug up in Canada or reserves in the Arctic being exploited, this might seem remarkable.

Ice, seen from below, covers the surface of the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. The sea is found north of Alaska and Canada.

When I was doing my Arctic journey he made a huge scrap book with all the international clippings.

Well, in the first few years of this decade there was some extraordinarily fast decline in Arctic sea ice.

Temperatures in the Arctic have risen twice as fast as the rest of the world in recent decades, a phenomena known as Arctic amplification.

Russia prepares to test launch several intercontinental ballistic missiles over the Arctic the next couple of days.

Arctic Wolf *New* - Alters the appearance of your Ghost Wolf transformation, causing it to resemble an arctic wolf.

The Arctic is an ocean, covered with drifting packed ice and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe, Asia, and North America.

In other words, even as Arctic climate continues to warm over the long-term, there won't be a new record low ice extent each year.

You know those Arctic explorers who leave caches of food scattered on the route to the North Pole?

And despite the general surge of Slavic pride, Moscow's recent Arctic foray was far from being an all-Russian affair.

A mid-air fight between two Arctic Terns battling it out for food.

Al Gore said the arctic ice is melting fast and that the world may only last twenty-three years.

Being hairless in Africa was not so bad, but once we moved into Arctic lands, it had real drawbacks.

It cautioned, however, that the Arctic Sea's Automatic Identification System equipment may not be on the ship itself anymore.

In fact, they have gone just about as wild as it is possible to get, examining polar bears on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

Scientists predict that if it makes it to the Arctic, it could spread around the world.

By 1924, it was considered effective enough to be used in outfitting an Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin.

In Arctic waters, ice sheets bog and break against one another. It's the setting for an unusual heavyweight competition - tusk wrestling.

If the Arctic is warming faster than might be expected, other parts of the world are warming slower.

Any attempts of industrialization of the Arctic territories have always been accompanied by its terrible pollution.

At least that was the thinking of those who made Arctic Tale.

"What is going on in the Arctic now is the biggest and fastest thing that nature has ever done, " he said.

Disembark for a few days to explore the Russian Arctic, the Silk Road or Moscow.

The Arctic sea ice is shrinking so fast that within the next few decades, if not years, it could be completely gone in summertime.

The summer ice loss in the Arctic is now equal to an area the size of Alaska, Texas, and the state of Washington combined.

The Arctic fox can survive some of the most extreme temperatures on the planet with its thick fur and low surface-area-to-volume ratio.

East is close to the Pacific Ocean. west meets the Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland. north is near Arctic Ocean. stretches across the Eurasia.

After long months of trekking through the harsh arctic wastelands, Kel'Thuzad finally reached the dark glacier of Icecrown.

The Yukon Arctic Ultra is the ultimate human powered adventure race, which will take place in the Y. T. of Canada.

The arctic fox is one of the few truly arctic animals and of course the slyest animal in the world.

But, even as the Arctic warms, seemingly irrevocably, it is still a formidable environment in which to operate, particularly in the winter.

We have a spring in our step now that the horrors of the Arctic winter seem to have passed and the Arctic spring has arrived.

In the atmosphere, large rivers of air travel roughly west to east around the globe between the Arctic and the tropics.

At the Arctic Circle, the sun cannot be seen above the horizon in December.

Even if it meant nothing for sea levels, though, a melting Arctic (see video-graphic) still means a lot for the ecology of the region.

But "Arctic Tale" is not a typical addition to a lengthening line of somber documentaries on dangerous or endangered wildlife.

American scientists say ice covering the Arctic Sea continued to shrink last winter.

But, at the moment, members of the Arctic Council are resisting the expansion of their exclusive club.

First the Russians planted a flag on the bottom of the Arctic. Then they promised to return to the Mediterranean.

Rivers in arctic regions and relatively inaccessible areas of the tropics appear to be in the best health.

He is expected to push for oil exploration around the Lofoten archipelago in the Arctic, and for membership of the EU.

Treeless regions found in and around the Arctic, tundra s are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes.

"We have detected the human fingerprint in both the Arctic and Antarctic region[s], " says Peter Stott , a climate modeler at the U. K.

That dream wizard waved his hands, I saw the scenery of the Antarctic and Arctic.

"The Arctic is the planet's air conditioner and it's starting to break down, " he said.

Moreover, Arctic temperature anomalies are especially pronounced, and have been since the turn of the twenty-first century.

Therefore, the Arctic's Inuit women, in the long winter to stop ovulation, until spring when the resumption of menstrual Lai Chao.

And there is a problem where it located--in frozen arctic regions or in ocean water opt the letter of coast, and up to a mile down.

The Lofoten islands make up an Arctic archipelago where mountains tower directly out of the sea.

The East Greenland Current flows southward from the Arctic along the island's eastern coast, carrying sea ice with it.

Russia's Mediterranean plans pale in comparison with its audacious foray into the Arctic, the biggest recent story in the Russian media.

The keys of the organ are made of the bones of a mammoth found on the Arctic shore.

Arctic temperatures hold a large part of the country in their iron grip throughout the long winter months.

Today environmental groups are fighting proposals to open protected areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling.

Partly it's the fact that some predicted changes, like a decline in Arctic Sea ice, are happening much faster than expected.

The presence of sea ice and of permafrost helps protect Arctic barrier islands for much of the year.

Fall brings changing patterns of color and motion to much of the United States, which covers lands from the tropics to the Arctic.

In the Arctic, the sun never rose less than a high altitude, even in mid-summer, the rising point of view it is not more than 23. 5 degrees.

Scientists have already shown that the amount of sea ice in the Arctic is falling, and the latest data confirms the long-term trend.

After all, if the Arctic does not provide new supplies of oil, they will have to be obtained somewhere else.

"We only have 50 years of observations of the Arctic, " Miller said, referring primarily to satellite sea ice observations.

Ban Ki-moon has just returned from the Arctic where he traveled to see firsthand how modern-day climate change is altering the region.

Still, the new discovery and new classification of barrier islands around the Arctic Ocean is an eye-opener.

The vulnerability of the Arctic is one of the factors Mr. Ban cited when in a speech in Geneva.

The warming of the Arctic is releasing toxic chemicals that had been trapped in the ice and cold water, scientists have discovered.

The melting has already threatened native animals like the polar bear. Arctic melting could also affect Earth's climate.

A decrease in the number of these smaller animals would in turn decrease the food supply for the arctic fox and the wolf.

Taking Arctic drilling off the table is just one piece of the change we need, but it is a necessary step in the right direction.

also, he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across the Canadian Barrens.

Ban Ki-moon has just returned from the Arctic where he traveled to see first hand how modern-day climate change is altering the region.

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and this summer its sea ice is melting at a near-record pace.

The two companies are planning to put a total of over $3bn into exploration of the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea.

"So global warming could produce more air pollution in the arctic, " she said.

While I was talking with my Inuit host, his wife piled Arctic wolf and caribou skins on the ice bed.

We met a group of adventurers travelling to the Arctic ocean by fire ballons . &we hopped onto the last ballon on an impulse.

If there were such a thing, now would not be a good time to buy shares in Arctic sea ice.

The Tasiilaq experience is a graphic illustration of the sharp temperature rises being experienced across the Arctic.

As the pent-up energy of spring fills the air, a Nenets family prepares to follow its reindeer into the Siberian high Arctic.

That industry, with its own purposes in mind, is also keening to move into deeper waters, especially in the Arctic.

Chinese activity in the Arctic to some extent mirrors that of other non-Arctic countries, as the region warms.

As spring arrives in the Arctic a mother polar bear emerges from her den with two tiny cubes.

I really really wanted to go to the Arctic. There was something about that place which drew me to it.

The Arctic's sensitivity to climate change is due to its unique natural conditions and geo graphical situation.

Regardless of the route, no one's sure why arctic terns have such a long migration in the first place.

The reason so much ozone has been lost over the Arctic and Antarctic is the presence of chlorine in the upper atmosphere.

It is usually not passable, even in sum-mer, because of ice. But melting ice makes it easier for ships to go through the Arctic.

Pilots say the cabin of the plane would have quickly depressurized, filling the cockpit with a roar of frigid, Arctic air.

An 'Arctic carve up', where the only lingo is Realpolitik: "protecting our Arctic interests" etc.

But in the eastern United States, like some other unlucky parts of the globe, Arctic air is swooping down from the north.

The effects of a warmer Arctic for natural systems and society in the area are reported to be manifold.

Sea ice extent - simply put, the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice varies every year, but trends can be established over time.

After returning from the Arctic Ocean, the ship was laid up for repairs.

The Race for Arctic Oil: Is Russia Ready to Share?

I half-expected that it would get stolen, but it was arctic outside and I was late.

When out of the water, Arctic seals are in danger of being eaten by the region's number one killer-the polar bear.

Few now disagree that, at some point this century, the Arctic will start to see ice-free summers.

This is only one of many reasons Arctic oil drilling should not happen.

In terms of global average temperature, this winter's arctic oscillation "probably roughly cancels out, " Dr. Meier said.

From Sabine, the Assistant Cook and one of the activists on board the Arctic Sunrise in the Med right now - for our bluefin tuna campaign.

IT MAY come as a surprise to a walrus wondering where all the Arctic's summer sea ice has gone.

We have been out on the ice since March and the Arctic summer is nearly here.

Similar changes to habitats are also threatening Arctic species like polar bears, as the sea ice they dwell on gradually melts away.

Melting ice in Greenland freshens the seas near the Arctic and contributes to rising sea levels around the world.

Since China is now viewed as the most likely peer opponent, Russia is focusing on defending oil & mineral reserves in the Arctic.

"There is no race for Arctic resources, and no appetite for conflict, " says Michael Byers, author of the book "Who Owns the Arctic? "

With talk like that, coming out of Russia is Moscow then a right place to be holding a major conference on the future of the Arctic.

Tundra is the name given to the low, marshy plains of Europe, Siberia, and North America that border on the Arctic Ocean.

Geological research shows that whenever Earth heats up a few degrees, the Arctic gets three times as warm.

A warming Arctic will not, in other words, be full of fish. It will simply be an ice-free version of the desert it already is.

Thus has in Arctic Ocean surfaces the boat breakthrough ice layer ability.

From the frigid waters of the Arctic, this polar bear climbed onto an ice floe for a rest before returning to the water to hunt for food.

In most sections of the Arctic where estimates are available, polar bear populations are thought to be stable at present.

The Arctic is locked into a destructive cycle that could see its icy cover rapidly disappear, scientists have confirmed.

Normally, ice builds in Arctic waters around the North Pole each winter and shrinks during the summer.

That pattern allows the jet stream to blow unimpeded from west to east and keeps the cold Arctic air largely north of the United States.

The tiny mollusc Limacina helicina, which is found in Arctic waters, will be particularly vulnerable, he said.

Other explorers to the Arctic Ocean have sought the fabled Northwest Passage direct shipping route from Europe to Asia across the polar ice.

Russia's leaders have never been coy about their designs on the Arctic.

As in other parts of the Arctic, the indigenous people of Greenland are flexing their political muscles.

Conversely, he said, mammals that live in arctic regions develop a layer of fat to insulate against the cold.

Shortened ears and thick, white fur are among the physical traits that arctic hares have adapted to survive in the harsh, frozen tundra.

Some countries with no Arctic real estate, including China, Japan, South Korea and Germany, want a more inclusive regime for the far north.

They predict Arctic waters could be ice-free in summers, perhaps by 2013, decades earlier than they thought only a few years ago.

Both nations, along with the other Arctic powers, have much to lose politically and commercially if the region becomes lawless.

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However, with so much of the Arctic unexplored the estimates are unreliable.

But the United States and other Arctic nations are doing a survey now, and a clearer picture may soon emerge.

The Arctic and the Antarctic as a very day-and Polar night phenomenon became more obvious near the North Pole.

Earlier this week a team of scientists from the eight Arctic countries released a comprehensive study of the region.

This is the time of year when blasts of Arctic air start sweeping across Mongolia's steppe, ushering in the long, hard winter.

It said the melt strongly reinforces the 30-year downward trend in Arctic sea ice extent.

None of these men have retraced his pioneering journeys in the Antarctic or the Arctic.

Bowhead whales, the giants of the Arctic, are using the Northwest Passage to move across the top of the Americas.

Work of the separate motorized rifle brigade dislocated in the Arctic Circle is far from being simple.

An artist's rendering depicts a newly discovered dino-era "sea monster, " whose fossil skeleton was recently unearthed on an Arctic island.

Last week he told the US senate committee on energy and commerce that the arctic is now melting at an "unprecedented" rate.

To protect the whale form the cold of the Arctic seas , nature has provided it with a thick covering of fat called blubber .

By the end of summer, the Arctic sea ice has retreated, leaving the walrus herd to search for a safe haven on land.

The Arctic holds one-fifth of the world's undiscovered, recoverable oil and natural gas, the United States Geological Survey estimates.

Along with the constant resource development, the side effects of resource exploitation in Arctic regions are being shown up day by day.

Canada, Russia, the United States, Norway and Denmark are currently competing to secure subsurface rights to the Arctic.

The amplification of global warming in the Arctic has had significant impacts on this region, including melting of the Arctic sea ice.

There's nothing we see in the Arctic which suggests the pre-eminence of the oil resources of the Gulf states would be shifted.

There was a suggestion to move the oil spill to the arctic so that it could freeze up there and be no more dangerous.

Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to help secure America's energy future ?

The cold air has been blowing out of the Arctic and Siberia; the hot air has been blowing out of the mouths of senior businessmen.

How will the area around the arctic circle in Norway be affected by the Atlantic stretch tsunami?

Miller and his colleagues looked at four Arctic climate changes for which there was good data and fond the amplification pattern held.

Most of it lies inside the Arctic Circle , and a huge sheet of ice covers 85% of it .

Well, in the firstfew years of this decade, therewerewas someextraordinaryextraordinarily fast decline in Arctic sea ice.

Experts now say if the trend continues, in 100 years by the end of each summer, there will be no ice at all in the Arctic Ocean.

One of Canada's most accessible high Arctic parks, Sirmilik is home to a variety of marine and avian wildlife.

Look for it to take a more forceful role as Arctic relations become ever moreimportant.

Ilulissat, Greenland, is north of the Arctic Circle, an outpost at the edge of one of the world's largest and thickest glaciers.

But those watching the Arctic changes at the ice center say there is no need to worry at the moment.

From the Bering Strait into Alaska, northern Canada, through the Greenland area Mongolians living in the Arctic CircleSpecies of a group.

Herds of arctic deer move from place to place in search of food.

Captured in the Arctic Circle above the still waters of a lake, it is an undeniably awe-inspiring display.

Experts predict that summer Arctic ice may completely disappear within a few decades.

Every item mailed at the Santa Claus' Main Post Office is postmarked by hand with a special Arctic Circle postmark .

In summer, the Arctic is bathed in light constantly, but there isn't as much snow and ice to reflect the light back into space.

Some frontiers among the five Arctic states - Russia, the US, Norway, Denmark and Canada - are disputed.

Global warming will most harm the animals adapted to the coldest environments, primarily those accustomed to life in the Arctic.

Eleven of the Arctic Sea's sailors were also flown back to Moscow for interrogation, and subsequently barred from talking to the press.

The central decision opening the Russian Arctic easily passed Parliament in 2008, as an amendment to a law on subsoil resources.

For other countries, the United States, Canada, Norway and Russia also claim large areas of the Arctic.

Unlike most other fish, it has a warm-blooded circulatory system that enables it to roam from the Arctic to the tropics.

Black carbon deposited on the Arctic snow and ice, he says, will have only a minimal effect on its reflectivity.

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An energy irony clouds the work of the powerful U. S. computers that have tracked the retreating Arctic sea ice.

The fall-out would be felt thousands of miles away from the Arctic, unleashing a global sea level rise of 23ft (7 metres), Alley warned.

climbing kilimanjaro means passing through five climatic zones , including rainforest , heath , moorland , alpine desert , and arctic.

Alaska is on the border of northwestern Canada, far enough north that part of it is within the Arctic Circle.

The organisation runs two Mars Analog Research Stations, one in the Canadian Arctic and one in Utah, and has plans for a third in Iceland.

Hunted to near extinction in parts of Scandinavia, the arctic fox is plentiful elsewhere, including here in Iceland.

The retreat of Arctic sea ice has opened new, shorter fuel-saving routes for shipping during the warmer months of the year.

I did this because Arctic oil drilling is one of the defining environmental battles of our age.

Recently, rapid warming of the Arctic has made it possible for the Northwest Passage navigation.

environmental project which shows protected and unprotected areas of the Arctic that are equally beautiful and worth saving.

A truly unique species, this delicate flower is able to survive in the harsh Arctic climate.

In Svalbard, Norway's Arctic archipelago, a camera trap catches a polar bear looking out of place on bare brown soil.

This forest existed at a time when the Arctic was cooling, climate was deteriorating very quickly.

This cave served as a hideout for a bearded seal seeking shelter from the harsh Arctic climate.

The proposal was triggered by rising temperatures in the Arctic that are reducing the sea ice polar bears need for hunting .

"Previous studies have been hampered by a lack of quality data for the Arctic, " Screen said.

Maritime security and protection of the fragile Arctic ecosystem will also be hot items on the agenda at the May 28 meeting.

It has been breached on research of climatic and environmental change of the last 2000 years in Barrow, Arctic.

Arctic Investigations Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, United States.

the architects built it, one of six units in a "Treehotel, " which recently opened 40 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. . .