Northwest Passage open for business
For the first time in at least a half-century, you can circumnavigate the north polar ice cap without being blocked by sea ice. It's the fabled Northwest Passage, long sought, but seldom navigated.
The ice this summer has not (yet) retreated quite enough to set a new record minumum. But it has melted back enough around the edges to leave open water (less than 10 percent ice-covered) all the way around the Arctic Ocean Basin (if you don't mind sailing around Greenland). Here's more.
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When was the last time there was no snow through the middle of January. For that matter is there a year when no snow was recorded?
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FR: In the winter of 1972-73, Baltimore recorded only a trace of snow through the end of January. That season ultimately produced only 1.2 inches. But that wasn't our skimpiest snow season. That honor goes to the winter of 1949-50, with just 0.7 inch of snow.
Posted by: rj | January 14, 2009 7:31 AM