Arctic summer sea ice could vanish by 2013

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Arctic summer sea ice could vanish by 2013
By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Arctic is warming up so quickly that the region's sea ice cover in summer could vanish as early as 2013, decades earlier than some had predicted, a leading polar expert said on Thursday.

Warwick Vincent, director of the Center for Northern Studies at Laval University in Quebec, said recent data on the ice cover "appear to be tracking the most pessimistic of the models", which call for an ice free summer in 2013.

The year "2013 is starting to look as though it is a lot more reasonable as a prediction. But each year we've been wrong -- each year we're finding that it's a little bit faster than expected," he told Reuters.

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[alexandria]

2. As arctic ice melts, South Pole ice grows

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0110/p14s01-sten.html



Antarctic ice grows to record levels & Over 500 scientists published studies countering global warming fears
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming091307m.htm

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3. Yes, because when it's summer in the Arctic, it's winter in the Antarctic!

Oh, and Alexandria? I've posted some graphs especially for you!

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4. It is summer now in the Antartic november to april.eom