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This summer marks the end of North Pole ice


June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

According to scientists, this summer may mark the first time in recorded history that there is no ice at the North Pole.According to scientists, this summer may mark the first time in recorded history that there is no ice at the North Pole.

In the past, ice would build up in layers, years at a time at the North Pole.

In recent years though, global cimate change has turned the North Pole ice into a yearly freeze which takes place.

Each year, the ice has gotten closer and closer to fully melting.

A year ago the ice melted with 700 miles of the North Pole. Scientists have stated that this could be the year that the ice is completely gone.

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