tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post127077697398388418..comments2024-01-16T13:06:15.270-06:00Comments on Climate Change: The Next Generation: Did the Northeast Passage open today, July 26, 2009?Tenney Naumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-10590886356655126362009-07-27T05:46:49.598-05:002009-07-27T05:46:49.598-05:00I'd want more detail around the New Siberian I...I'd want more detail around the New Siberian Islands before I declared it open. The CT chart says it's close but not yet open. One can certainly see on MODIS that the ice in the East Siberian Sea has more-or-less cleared along the coast, and that the Vilkitsky Strait is pretty clear (between the Taymyr peninsula and Severnaya Zemlya). But we've got no eyeballs around the New Siberian Islands, until those clouds clear. I guess we'll see in the next couple of days.Nick Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057838251997644583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-10898767652482275902009-07-26T20:30:14.250-05:002009-07-26T20:30:14.250-05:00It does not seem to me that it has. And what are ...It does not seem to me that it has. And what are you calling the Northwest Passage. It looks like the Northern Passage along the northern coast of Russia is getting nearly open. But the passage through the Canadian arctic island is not yet that close. Maybe in a couple of weeks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697490259185418807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-60946109396427383932009-07-26T18:44:05.056-05:002009-07-26T18:44:05.056-05:00Nice pics! I don't always agree with your tak...Nice pics! I don't always agree with your take on things, but you provide a valuable and interesting service with this blog. Thanks for the effort and keep up the good work.B Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186375144638320376noreply@blogger.com