Scientists note stunning loss of ice, snow - from CBC North

Last updated May 18 2006 04:23 PM CDT
CBC News
From elders watching the movement of sea ice in Nunavut to climatologists studying satellite weather maps, people are amazed and alarmed by how quickly spring is coming to the Arctic this year.

Record-warm temperatures have taken their toll on ice cover in Canada's Arctic waters and snow cover on land.

"I've never seen it so wide open this time of year," said Environment Canada's David Phillips, talking about the body of water between Baffin Island and mainland Quebec. "It's just blue, blue as the bluest sky."

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http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-warming-icemelt.html

Submitted by Elise Chodat, Bibliographic Systems Librarian, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.