Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The New Nostradamus of the North: Global warming in the Gulf of Finland - Russia sends nuclear icebreaker
According to the Russian Ministry of Transport, 67 ships were waiting for the help of icebreakers in the eastern Gulf of Finland on Monday.
Twelve icebreakers were trying to assist them, but the ice conditions were too difficult.
The ice situation off St. Petersburg has been severe from the beginning of February, with pack ice up to a metre thick.

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