Ice loss opens Northwest Passage
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The Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific is now open due to ice loss, the European space agency says.
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From shoveling to playing Monopoly, snow packs a big impact in cold-front country.
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Last summer's big retreat of Arctic Ocean ice allowed oceanographers to chart new regions -- and find more potential United States real estate.
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Not all of the Arctic thaw is caused by man. Nature plays a role, too, but that doesn't let us off the hook for the damage we've done.
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Navteq is soon due for a warm welcome in icy Finland.
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Global warming is heating the Arctic at a rapid pace - with impacts that could range from the disappearance of polar bears&#39; summer habitat by the century&#39;s end to a damaging rise in sea levels worldwide.
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OSLO, Norway  - Schoolteachers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen will set off in search of a new polar record next week, planning to ski, walk and even swim during a 100-day trek across the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada.
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Despite weather concerns and a small chunk of ice that threatened to delay the beginning of the shuttle Discoveryâs mission, everything seemed to fall into place.
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NASA, Canadian, and European satellites have observed worrying increases in the flow of glaciers into the open ocean, following the breakup of ice shelves in Antarctica.
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The island is losing ice at a rate of 59 cubic miles (248 cubic kilometers) a year, contributing to a rise in global sea levels, experts report.
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ON THE ICE ROAD, Northwest Territories -- Elden Pashovitz eased his big truck and 28 tons of aviation fuel onto the ice of Tibbitt Lake and set out in low gear for his destination, dozens of ponds and lakes away.
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By SUE BAILEY  OTTAWA (CP) - Melting ice and Arctic health will get millions of dollars in federal funds Thursday as Ottawa kicks off International Polar Year.
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A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite. The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.
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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. - A wayward Arctic ice seal was found Friday on a beach in southern North Carolina, far from its usual habitat.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Feb. 16--The western Lake Erie ice has survived the onslaught of this week's blizzard-like Nor'easter, and fishermen were heading back out to favorite fishing zones yesterday.
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Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems.
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Shrinking ice sheets and melting glaciers are making northern seas less salty, researchers say.