The latest round of news about polar ice melting being a lot faster than any models have expected -- new satellite data from the ESA. What's exciting about this one is that they show that the Northwest Passage, a fabled sea route from Europe to Asia via the northern coast of Canada that would shortcut both the Panama Canal and the much longer Cape Route, which explorers searched for in vain from the 15th century to the 20th, is for the first time in recorded history navigable by sea traffic from one end to the other.
September 16 2007, 04:41:30 UTC 8 years ago
September 16 2007, 10:11:59 UTC 8 years ago
Or some totally inappropriate motivational slogan. I've been on a redeye all night, so the above seems almost plausible.