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3 September 2010
Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait
"It is expected that the iceberg will soon be fully in Nares Strait, but its course depends on winds blowing off the glacier and currents in the strait, as well as sea ice that could block its path." (European Space Agency)

31 August 2010
Marine animals suggest evidence for a trans-Antarctic seaway
"While some geological evidence suggests that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) collapsed at least once in the last million years, scientists are keen to determine the frequency of collapse and to understand the processes and connections between warm periods and deglaciation events." (British Antarctic Survey)

30 August 2010
NASA's successful Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation mission comes to an end
"ICESat's lasting legacy will be its impact on the understanding of ice sheet and sea ice dynamics. The mission has led to scientific advances in measuring changes in the mass of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, polar sea ice thickness, vegetation-canopy heights, and the heights of clouds and aerosols." (PhysOrg.com)

27 August 2010
Another ice island breaks off Arctic glacier
"At roughly 21 square miles (54 square kilometers), the ice chunk that broke free from the Ward Hunt was much smaller than the ice island that calved from Greenland's Petermann Glacier a few weeks earlier, but in some ways, the Ward Hunt fracture was more significant." (Live Science)

25 August 2010
How giant tortoises, alligators thrived in high Arctic 50 million years ago
"A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, even as they endured six months of darkness each year." (Science Daily)

25 August 2010
France drains lake under Mont Blanc glacier
"The hidden lake, trapped beneath the Tete-Rousse Glacier, holds enough water to form a torrent with mud, rocks and trees that would flood the valley in 15 minutes, potentially affecting 900 families." (BBC News, United Kingdom)

24 August 2010
Low fly-overs measure thickness of melting Arctic ice
"The dwindling sea ice of the Arctic Ocean is a major concern in a warming world. But while scientists have long been able to use satellites to chart how fast the ice is disappearing from areas of the Arctic, measuring the thickness of the remaining ice is trickier." (Live Science)

23 August 2010
Planning around permafrost
"Research into the state of permafrost in some Nunavut communities may help them plan where to build and better adapt to climate change." (Northern News Services, Canada)

20 August 2010
Is the ice in the Arctic Ocean getting thinner and thinner? Research aircraft Polar 5 measures thickness of sea ice north of Greenland
"Sea ice physicists at the Alfred Wegener Institute are concerned about the long-term equilibrium in the Arctic Ocean. They have indications that the mass of sea ice is dwindling because its thickness is declining." (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany)

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