Lat/Lon :: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m
Temperature :: 54 °F / 12 °C
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 82%
Dew Point :: 48 °F / 9 °C
Wind :: 5 mph / 7 km/h / 2.1 m/s from the ESE
Pressure :: 29.93 in / 1013 hPa (Falling)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds:
Few 6000 ft / 1828 m
Overcast 7000 ft / 2133 m
(Above Ground Level)
Ice Shelves Retreat on Ellesmere Island (click here)
Crack in the Petermann Glacier (click here)
Retreat of Serson Ice Shelf (click here)
...As of the first week of September 2008, Arctic sea ice extent had not fallen below the record low observed in 2007, but the season set a new kind of record. For the first time in probably half a century—and definitely since satellite observations began about three decades ago— sea ice retreated enough to create open (not ice-free) waters all the way around the northern ice pack. Open water is defined by the World Meteorological Organization for the purposes of navigation as areas where the ice covers less than one-tenth of the surface....
