No Ice For You!!!!

Ok, so it's not as funny as when the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld says it, but I tried.

According to an article out today, for the first time in ever, the North Pole could be ice-free this summer. Ice-free??? How does the North Pole become ice-free??? While there has never been solid ground at the North Pole, it has always remained a giant block of ice throughout the year. But scientists have been watching the ice around the Arctic sea melt more and more each year and over time the amount of ice has gotten thinner and thinner.

From the article:

Several studies in recent years have predicted that the North Pole could be ice-free within a few decades. Alarm has ratcheted up every summer as the ice gets thinner and thinner. In a study released June 10, scientist said the rapid meltoff in the Arctic could threaten permafrost in continental soil elsewhere above the Arctic circle in a warm version of the snowball effect.

Last summer saw a record melt of Arctic sea ice, which shrank to more than 30 percent below its average. Around the peak of the melt, in September, air temperatures over land in the western Arctic from August to October were more than 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) above the 1978-2006 average.

Can you say "Global Warming"??? Oh wait, I forgot, according to some politicians and other people out there, global warming doesn't exist....Wanna bet???