Recent changes in Arctic sea ice

observations and linkages to the climate system

This is a paper that I wrote last year as part of my Post Grad Diploma in Geography. It's a little general rather than detailed but gives a reasonably good overview of the state of the Arctic last year around May/June/July (in my somewhat biased view). Although I've mostly kept away from it in this paper I think that methane is important in this mix but there's a contrast between Russian and North American views on how important it is, with the Russians giving it more emphasis. I sit in the middle a little and probably wouldn't mind spending a summer on the Arctic to look at it more closely. Svalbard and the Russian Arctic being my preference for destinations although my Russian definitely would need work beforehand.

As the news is showing currently the warming in this part of the world is a lot more than elsewhere.