Watch just a month of ice growing back this year

Arctic temperatures have always fluctuated, far more than we in the temperate zones think of. For a growing collection of anecdotal, historical, geological, and archaeological evidence for warmer Arctic conditions in the past, see here.

Looking at the real Arctic conditions, and checking with those who actually know the Arctic, is very necessary to counter to unbelievable media hype and downright lies. Polar bears dying of warmth! such ignorance! Kayaking to the North Pole because sea ice is vanishing! Record warm spells - only records since satellite temp measurements were used! The Northwest Passage was regularly navigated, likewise the north passage round Greenland.

Here we counter the "cuddly" (!!!???) polar bear pics with Baby Ice...

September to October. Looking up from Canada across the North Pole to Siberia. The North end of Greenland is the constant white area to the right. That's correct, it is always white, it is an icefield that on balance has been growing.

Greenland has been navigated to the north, and the NW Passage has been open, at regular times through history.

The two graphs show two things clearly: (1) the cyclic nature of temperature changes, especially visible in the Arctic; (2) the close link of maritime land temperatures with oceancurrents.	The map shows local recent changes in Greenland. This reveals three items of interest (1) the ice cap, which outweighs the rest of the landmass, has been cooling overall AND GAINING 5.4 cm ICE EACH YEAR, as the abandoned station pictures show all too clearly; (2) only the maritime areas have warmed appreciably; (3) the central anomaly may well indicate volcanic activity.

These graphs are to the same scale, regarding both dates and amplitude of temp variations. This shows clearly: (1) the cyclical variation of temperature (2) the increase in amplitude of variation at polar latitudes (3) even in the earlier twentieth century there were periods warmer than now

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