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FOLLOW SEBASTIAN COPELAND'S ARTIC TREK
- Posted on 04.15.09
Global Green board member and photographer Sebastian Copeland (pictured above) is well into his 40 day trek to the North Pole.
His trek is possibly one of the last such expeditions due to global warming's accelerated melt of sea ice. Scientists predict that in less than five years, the Arctic sea will be ice free in the summer months. In 1909, the average depth of ice at the North Pole was 12 feet while today it averages just 5.5 feet. Just twenty years ago, 80% of the Arctic sea ice was 10 years old or more. Today, just 3% of the ice is a decade old.
"Eerie and ominous, with the profound beauty of the simplicity of void. That is what the "big lead"' conjured up upon walking to it this morning. A "melt way" frozen over from this summer, this lead spells out the future of the Arctic ocean as it breaks up; its ice thickness further threatened by the exponential factors of warm air and warmer water...The Arctic ice is rapidly changing, and I wonder if generations to come will have the chance to do what we're doing. Will people celebrate the Peary bi-centennial by attempting the pole? I think not..." Sebastian Copeland, April 6, 86.631N, 76.604W
Read his daily blog & check out photos on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/sebastiancopeland
Related causes: Environment
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