Aug
21
Land Ho!
By Jodi LaMarco
As Arctic sea ice shrinks during the summer months, previously unknown islands are emerging.
Rune Bergstrom, an environmental expert with the Norwegian governor's office, said, "I know of two islands that appeared in the north of Svalbard this summer. They haven't been claimed yet."
The accelerated melt-off is raising questions as to whether or not predictions that summer Arctic sea ice will be non-existent in 40 to 50 years are too optimistic. "New" islands have also been reported off the coasts of Canada and Greenland during recent years.
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