The pond hockey example in my letter is an entirely true story about the effect of the shorter ice season on my family. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Less sea ice cover and a shorter ice season allows wind and wave action to attack the previously ice - protected coastline, especially during the autumn storm season. (earthtimes.org)
The winter ice season near Barrow, Alaska, is 24 days shorter than in 1950, researchers reported Jan. 30 in the journal The Cryosphere. (livescience.com)