ARCTIC JOURNAL BY REAR ADMIRAL GENE BROOKS
October 16, 2008
October 16, 2008
JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, 17th District, issued the following press release:
The Arctic climate is changing, faster than anyone expected. The sea ice retreats earlier each year and it comes back later each year. The multi-year polar ice was smaller in September 2007 than we've ever recorded. From 2006 to 2007 the polar ice pack lost an area almost twice the size of California. In the village of Teller, Alaska, . . .
The Arctic climate is changing, faster than anyone expected. The sea ice retreats earlier each year and it comes back later each year. The multi-year polar ice was smaller in September 2007 than we've ever recorded. From 2006 to 2007 the polar ice pack lost an area almost twice the size of California. In the village of Teller, Alaska, . . .