" U.S. Coast Guard inked a deal last month to bring a third icebreaker, the civilian vessel Aiviq, into its fleet. ... announced at the Halifax International Security Forum held in Nova Scotia Nov. 22-24." https://www.ktoo.org/2024/12/02/coast-guard-secures-new-icebreaker-from-civilian-service/ #USCG #Icebreaker #Alaska #ArticOcean
Coast Guard secures new icebreaker from civilian service

The Aiviq, named after the Inupiaq word for walrus, was acquired for service last month. It will join the Coast Guard fleet in 2026.

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@haritulsidas @kevinrns Do you have an opinion about what a century or so of #Icebreaking in the #ArticOcean has contributed to the loss of #Polar ice integrity and stability?

@DXMacGuffin @TerribleMaps

Posted to Reddit months ago at https://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/zfw85q/this_map_at_a_coffee_shop/ but no-one there seems to know the picture's provenance.

#ArticOcean #Canada #Korea

this map at a coffee shop

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@ZLabe

New cataclysmic consequences of vanishing pole #ice?

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Sometimes I wonder whether scientists are telling us the *whole* truth.
Whereas in the late 1980s, 30-35% of the #ArticOcean was never ice-free, now at a mere 3%, it has been all but exterminated.

Since at least the early 1990s, there has been talk about the results that the slowing and eventual likely breakdown of the #NorthAtlanticConveyorBelt, part of the the #GlobalConveyorBelt.

In the beginning,...