Around The Arctic June 2013The Arctic is currently primed for rapid and extensive ice loss, unless we see some very unusual weather conditions this Summer.The state of the ice can be seen in the following series of satellite images from NASA s Earth Observing System Data and Information System - EOSDIS. EOSDIS produces near real-time data and
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Roger Taylor navigates his engineless 24ft Mingming II on a 4,000 mile nonstop voyage around the usually icebound waters of the Arctic
A single unstayed mast and panelled junk-rig sail give Mingming II a flexible sailplan, all controlled from inside the main hatch. Credit: Bertie Milne Credit: Bertie Milne
Small boat cruiser Roger Taylor shares his solo voyage into the uncharted Arctic
The breeze was by now fresh, the sea a dark indigo, and there we were, almost at the top of world, little more than 500 miles from the North Pole, sailing gaily east along 81°N.
It was a crazy concept to be running down our easting along such a line of latitude. I kept a good watch, but saw no hint of ice.