Scientists Confirm that Arctic Icecap is Currently Surrounded by Navigable Waters. By Andrew C. Revkin, NYTimes, September 7, 2008. "Leading ice specialists in Europe and the United States for the first time have agreed that a ring of navigable waters has opened all around the fringes of the cap of sea ice drifting on the warming Arctic Ocean... Last month, news reports said that satellites showed navigable waters through both fabled Arctic shipping routes. But those satellite findings were disputed by the U.S. National Ice Center, run by the Navy and the NOAA. The center said the satellites monitoring the ice were fooled by broad stretches of fresh water pooling atop ice floes, which can resemble open sea lanes. On Friday, though, citing fresh images using sensors that can more carefully distinguish ice from water, the Ice Center concurred, issuing a statement concluding, 'This is the first recorded occurrence of the Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route both being open at the same time.'"
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