Arctic Ice 'Cap'
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Today three areas appear to be liberated from the central region but I suppose they remain connected via wet or under water ice . . . such ice must be at the minimum freezing point, implying rapidly melting. So, is there more or less danger than 2012 . . . the year of the least amount of satellite apparent ice?
Here is a time lapsed projection:
TimeLapse: Watch 27 Years of 'Old' Arctic Ice Melt Away in Seconds - YouTube