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The International Ice Charting Working Group has released a report on the melting of Arctic ice in and around the Northwest Passage. Ice levels are at all-time low and are expected to diminish further. Navigation is virtually unhindered in the Northwest Passage, however sea ice and icebergs will continue to pose significant navigation hazards for the foreseeable future. Click Read More for a link to the full story. From Marine Link: The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), meeting at ESRIN in Frascati, issued the following statement on October 26, 2007: “In September 2007, the Arctic sea ice reached the minimum extent in the history of ice charting based on satellite, aircraft and surface observations, continuing a recent trend of diminishing sea ice that began in the 1980’s and has accelerated. While there will still be natural inter-annual variability, the decline is likely to continue.
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