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<p><a href="http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_timeseries.png">N_timeseries.png (1050×840)</a></p>
<p>NASA experts say that the Arctic may be ice free this summer.</p>
<blockquote><p>NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally said: “At this rate, the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012, much faster than previous predictions.”</p>
<p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071212-AP-arctic-melt.html">Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?</a></p></blockquote>
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