It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.

Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.

Thank you.

 

Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.

 

Explorers' Quest for Key Ice Data

page: 1
1

log in

join
share:

posted on Oct, 16 2007 @ 08:34 AM
link   

Explorers' Quest for Key Ice Data


news.bbc.co.uk

...Research shows that for three decades, sea ice cover in the region has been shrinking; and this summer, figures revealed a record withdrawal - the smallest area covered by sea ice since the beginning of the satellite age.

Scientists are now in a race to work out just how long it will be before we see completely ice-free summers in the Arctic...
(visit the link for the full news article)


Related News Links:
news.bbc.co.uk
www.itwire.com



posted on Oct, 16 2007 @ 08:34 AM
link   
Interesting expedition, the article goes into the details of how the ice was measured in the past and the tools these new explorers will use to gather data on the polar ice cap.

I wonder if their is a hidden mission since there is now a land grab going on in the polar region and the vast oil riches in the north.

news.bbc.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)



 
1

log in

join