Sunday, 16. September 2007
Topic: NEWS english - on September 16, 2007 at 11:57:00 AM CEST
Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
The European Space Agency said nearly 200 satellite photos this month taken together showed an ice-free passage along northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland, and ice retreating to its lowest level since such images were first taken in 1978.
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