Melting Arctic sea ice forces sled dogs to slosh through water
Last week saw the onset of warm conditions in Greenland and much of the rest of the Arctic
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jun 19, 2019 9:26 AM ET | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago
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Approximately two billion tonnes of ice was lost in a (single) day on June 13 when the photograph was taken
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On Monday, as the heat wave continued, the Danish Polar Portal reported more than three cubic kilometres of ice melted — the most lost in one day so far this year — and on Tuesday, maximum temperatures in that part of Greenland were remained above 17 C. The portal is where Danish research institutions share their Arctic monitoring data.
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