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North Pole ice free

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The North Pole is at the moment covered only by one-year old ice, all of which will melt in the course of summer, a Canadian ice expert says.

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Mr. Jaques Collin in the Canadian Ice Service in Ottawa says satellite pictures show that the Arctic ice is thinner than ever, NRK reports with reference to newspaper Fiskaren. -I have never seen anything like it in 28 years, he maintains. Traditionally, the Arctic ice is thickest in the areas north of Canada and Greenland.