Arctic sampler

Arctic Ice Extent Discrepancy: NSIDC versus Cryosphere Today « Watts Up With That?

Foreword: I had originally planned to post a story on this, but Steven Goddard of the UK Register sends word that he has already done a comparison. It mirrors much of what I would have written. There is a clear discrepancy between the two data sources. What is unclear is the cause. Is it differing measurement and tabulation methods? Or, is it some post measurement adjustment being applied. With a 30 percent difference, it would seem that the public would have difficulty determining which dataset is the truly representative one. - Anthony

Berrimilla Down-Under-Mars: Yesterdays new ice

The purple is the new ice from the evening 13th and morning 14th, and the first I've seen this year.

Expedition Around North America - Logbook :Ilulissat - Pond Inlet

For a while the visibility clears up and we can see two polar bears on shore, a female and her cub. What a beautifull present. We keep going towards the channel and we see another one, and another one a while later. This place is full of polar bears. When we arrive at the south of the archipelago we saw 5 of them.