[Overheated planet update, June 2011: Arctic ice still not gone]

We soon ran into heavy ice. We felt like ants in a moving jigsaw puzzle with the pieces closing in on us. A fast current made for some nervous hours. But Knut and Hans Martin did a mighty job of navigating the maze, pushing pans of ice the size of tennis courts out of our way when it looked like we were hitting dead ends.

With worse ice ahead, we pulled into a natural harbor at 2 a.m. this morning...If we remain stuck here, Outi is thinking about doing a bird survey on shore.

"Expert": Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua

[2008] OSLO, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The polar cap in the Arctic may well disappear this summer due to the global warming, Dr. Olav Orheim, head of the Norwegian International Polar Year Secretariat, said on Friday.

May U.S. Temperature – 5.39 F cooler than the warmest May « UD/RK Samhälls Debatt

So a “predicted” rise of 3- 4 F degrees in 100 years is a total catastrophe for humankind.

But an ACTUAL RISE OF 6.16 F degrees IN ONE YEAR is nothing.

'No proof' of global warming in Zim

GLOBAL warming is “not yet statistically significant” in Zimbabwe, according to new research.  [Note: The article contains the compulsory picture of cracked mud, which is allegedly bad, unprecedented, and caused by carbon dioxide.]