The current warming trend 1998 - 2005, has no precedent in recent Arctic memory, there were a few unique occasions when open water was seen during mid-winter over Barrow Strait, but this was
at roughly 10 year
intervals, now the
intervals are totally
irregular, but between Islands ice cover is not the best indication of warming, monthly temperature readings for the past 4 years or
so, have been mostly above normal by 1 to the occasional 4 to 5 degrees.