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Arctic sea ice shatters record low: diminished ice leads to Northwest Passage opening
10-01-2007 · EurekAlert!Arctic sea ice during the 2007 melt season plummeted to the lowest levels since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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