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From: coug2/21/2010 11:54:00 AM
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Finally we are getting a Northwest passage.. <g,ng>

Barrow, Alaska: Ground Zero for Climate Change
Hundreds of European explorers died in search of a Northwest Passage (blue line on map). In the past few years, so much sea ice has melted in the summer that several cruise ships have navigated through the passage.



smithsonianmag.com

Scientists have been descending on the Alaska city of Barrow since 1973. This monument made of whale bones is to lost sailors.

Associated Press
Science & NatureBarrow, Alaska: Ground Zero for Climate Change
Scientists converge on the northernmost city in the United States to study global warming's dramatic consequences
By Bob Reiss
Smithsonian magazine, March 2010

Read more: smithsonianmag.com
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