NorthWest Passage Opens !

NorthWest Passage Opens

the north-west passage - a long-sought short cut between Europe & Asia that has been historically impassable-is opening up due to raising global temperature. this area covered by sea ice in the Arctic region has now shrunk to its lowest level.

- the McClure Strait, the most direct route of the Northwest Passage, has been fully open since early August 2007. there has been a reduction of the ice cover over the last 10 years of about 1,00,000 sq.km per year on average so drop of 1 million sq.km in just one year is extreme.

- these are highly vulnerable to raising temperatures & predicted arctic would be virtually ice free by the summer 2070.