Sentences with phrase «mild sea ice conditions»
Nevertheless, taking advantage of mild sea ice conditions, the 68,000 - ton Crystal Serenity set sail from Anchorage, Alaska on August 16 for its 32 - day journey through the Northwest Passage via Amundsen's route.
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«Ocean whitening and the sea ice recovery achieved in this way could lead to wetter and milder winter conditions in the southwestern United States and cooler conditions in the eastern United States,» Cvijanovic explains.
Partly in response to reduced sea - ice conditions and milder climates they were able to establish settlements in Iceland, southern Greenland (Erik the Red, c. 985), and in eastern North America (Vinland; Leif Eriksson, c. 1000).
Such weather patterns, which can feature relatively mild conditions in the Arctic at the same time dangerously cold conditions exist in vast parts of the lower 48, may be tied to the rapid warming and loss of sea ice in the Arctic due, in part, to manmade climate change.