After unusual Arctic storms, sea ice coverage in region is plummeting
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.*
"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...