What’s the true meaning of Arctic ice record-fast recovery?

 Via 4Branch

 

Barents Observer and the likes, no doubt, are greatly disappointed. Even with the help of ever-ready to falsify data, Roshydromet (Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring), it’s impossible to claim, that the temperatures are abnormally high, though a month ago Roshydromet tried to do exactly that (and Barents Observer was only happy to spread the lie around). Roshydromet was harshly criticized by a number of agencies and ministries of Russian Government, for its’ false forecasts and damages they caused. I on my part, did my best to debunk Roshydromet, when giving interviews to a number of Russian national media outlets, TV, radio.

Dec 8: Situation along the Northern Sea Route is normalized, or if looking at eastern sector of NSR, doesn’t exist any more – there’s no “situation” to talk about. Nuclear icebreaker TAYMYR led the last ships of west bound convoy of 3 dry cargo ships and 1 tanker, including Finnish bulk carrier KUMPULA, to ice-free waters, they’re safe and continue their voyage. The only ships left in eastern sector, are west-bound LNG tanker NIKOLAY ZUBOV, and dry cargo LEV YASHIN, in Pevek. That’s about all. LNG tankers of NIKOLAY ZUBOV type are icebreakers in their own right, though there’s no doubt, that they’ll need real icebreakers, if they’re to continue their transits

 As for western sector of NSR, it has a year-round navigation, and always had, with or without “Climate Change”.  :)

What’s really astounding in this year’s NSR navigation, is the speed, with which Arctic ice cover returned to mediana 1981-2010 ice cover boundaries. It took Nature just several months, to recover ice to its’ former boundaries. Several years to melt to more or less substantial, noticeable, cover decrease, and several months to return to normal, and in some areas, already surpass mediana 1981-2010. Judging from weather and temperature maps, Arctic ice cover looks like it’s on the way to surpass mediana, and reach record-high boundaries.

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