The Oldham Skeptic has sent in more information for Coolwire 16 based on the latitude where Nansen moored his ship the Fram to pack ice north of Siberia in September 1893. Maps of the median sea ice edge for 1979 to 2000 suggest that Nansen may not have been able to drive the Fram as far north in modern times.
Just noting that Barrow Alaska’s harbour was completely frozen over today, September 12th. Ice-free for only 1 month.
www.gi.alaska.edu/snowice/sea-lake-ice/barrow_webcam.html
Iceeeee, intesting observation Jeff.
Thanks 🙂
There’s an error in the URL posted earlier (the dot at the end shouldn’t be included, and causes it to come up 404 not found).
Here it is without the mistake:
mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/11/arctic-temperature-trends-and-data.html