2008-06-20 North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer
{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{#vardefine:Date|2008-06-20}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Date}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|2008-06-20}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|[[{{#var:Date}}]]}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\global warming\University of Manitoba\National Geographic/articles\University of Colorado}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\global warming\University of Manitoba\National Geographic/articles\University of Colorado}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080620-north-pole.html}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080620-north-pole.html}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CNorth Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer}}{{#vardefine:Text|“"We're actually projecting this year that the North Pole may be free of ice for the first time [in history]," David Barber, of the University of Manitoba, told National Geographic News aboard the C.C.G.S. Amundsen, a Canadian research icebreaker. ... "I would say the ice in the vicinity of the North Pole is primed for melting, and an ice-free North Pole is a good possibility," Sheldon Drobot, a climatologist at the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research at the University of Colorado, said by email.”}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“"We're actually projecting this year that the North Pole may be free of ice for the first time [in history]," David Barber, of the University of Manitoba, told National Geographic News aboard the C.C.G.S. Amundsen, a Canadian research icebreaker. ... "I would say the ice in the vicinity of the North Pole is primed for melting, and an ice-free North Pole is a good possibility," Sheldon Drobot, a climatologist at the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research at the University of Colorado, said by email.”}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}