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Unknown Islands Emerge in Norway’s Arctic

By Islomaniac | August 21, 2007

Islands that were previously unknown are appearing this summer as the ice in the area shrinks to record lows. “Reductions of snow and ice are happening at an alarming rate,” Norwegian Environment Minister Helen Bjoernoy said at a seminar of 40 scientists and politicians that began late on Monday in Ny Alesund, 1,200 kilometres from the North Pole. The UN panel of 2,500 scientists said in February that summer sea ice could almost vanish in the Arctic towards the end of this century. The effects are already been seen with the emergence of islans that are not on any maps. Rune Bergstrom, environmental expert with the Norwegian governor’s office on Svalbard said that he had seen one of the islands, roughly the size of a basketball court. Islands have also appeared in recent years off Greenland and Canada.

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