Possible record low for Arctic ice cap
According to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center, the Arctic atmospheric conditions this summer have been similar to those of the summer of 2007, the year when the Arctic ice cap reached its record low.
In early August, the polar ice cap extended over 6,75 million square kilometers after having shrunk an average 106,000 square kilometers a day in July, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported . That is equivalent to three Belgiums daily.
The rate of melt was similar to that of July 2007, the year when the ice cap dwindled to a record low minimum extent of 4,3 million square kilometers in September.
According to the centre, the sea ice extent is unusually low in the Kara Sea, Baffin Bay, and along the Russian coast.
