First Melting At The North Pole

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Tony Heller

Some small melt ponds have appeared near the North Pole, about two weeks later than normal. Note that the Sun is already starting to descend towards the horizon, below the summer peak of 23.5º elevation

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6 Responses to First Melting At The North Pole

  1. crosspatch says:
    July 13, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    Still no melt at Camera #1 location. http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2013/WEBCAM1/ARCHIVE/npeo_cam1_20130713141148.jpg

    Camera 2 location had rain/mist/drizzle for a couple of days. We’ll see if those ponds enlarge over time.

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  2. Michael D Smith says:
    July 13, 2013 at 7:51 pm

    The snow is too powdery / sparkly for that to be meltwater. I suggest maybe it is seawater coming in through cracks and wetting the snow from underneath. Most freshwater lakes get watery spots like that during warmer weather or if moved / cracked by wind.

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  3. phodges says:
    July 13, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Uh oh. Reggie will short-circuit when he sees the hills in the background…according to him they can’t exist

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  4. Richard Lynch says:
    July 13, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    Is that the Arctic Joule sitting there? Boy are they off course.

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  5. Andy Oz says:
    July 14, 2013 at 2:08 am

    Slightly OT,
    All us coastal residents need to move to higher ground right now according to models in Potsdam. The ratcheting up of the CAGW rhetoric before the election down under has become a cacophony. Fear of repealing the carbon tax has stirred up the greenies like a fire ants nest.

    http://m.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/models-point-to-rapid-sealevel-rise-from-climate-change-20130714-2pxoz.html

    I met a model in Potsdam once. Unlike the above models, Helena was very credible.

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