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09-01-2016, 10:00 PM
After unusual Arctic storms, sea ice coverage in region is plummeting
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Right **w, a few hundred miles **rthwest of the tiny community of Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's **rthwest Territories, a sailboat called the **rthabout is fighting harsh winds and rough waters in the open Beaufort Sea.*
The ship has sailed more than 5,000 miles since leaving Bristol, England, on June 19, but still has a long ways to go.*
SEE ALSO: Taking advantage of melting sea ice, luxury cruise ship sets sail for **rthwest Passage (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/**rthwest-passage-cruise-ship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"This little Irish boat should be given the Freedom of Westport," wrote David Hempleman-Adams, the expedition's leader, in a ship's log on Wednesday.*
"It has travelled through the Irish Sea, **rth Sea, **rwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea and **w the Beaufort sea.*Each sea has had its quirks. Laptev the hardest with the ice, and then*closed behind us," Hempleman-Adams wrote. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/sailboat-arctic-ice-melt-open-water/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Right **w, a few hundred miles **rthwest of the tiny community of Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's **rthwest Territories, a sailboat called the **rthabout is fighting harsh winds and rough waters in the open Beaufort Sea.*
The ship has sailed more than 5,000 miles since leaving Bristol, England, on June 19, but still has a long ways to go.*
SEE ALSO: Taking advantage of melting sea ice, luxury cruise ship sets sail for **rthwest Passage (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/**rthwest-passage-cruise-ship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"This little Irish boat should be given the Freedom of Westport," wrote David Hempleman-Adams, the expedition's leader, in a ship's log on Wednesday.*
"It has travelled through the Irish Sea, **rth Sea, **rwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea and **w the Beaufort sea.*Each sea has had its quirks. Laptev the hardest with the ice, and then*closed behind us," Hempleman-Adams wrote. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/sailboat-arctic-ice-melt-open-water/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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