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Unprecedented views of sea ice, waves, forests, glaciers and more                                                                                                                                             
Swan Point is oldest site found of humans in Alaska                                                                                                                                             
Friends, former colleagues to gather June 14 at 3 p.m.                                                                                                                                             
Average temperature was 44.3 degrees Fahrenheit                                                                                                                                             
With climate change causing the arctic ice pack to melt, more and more northern waters are opening up to shipping each summer. Sea ice in the region is a major hazard, warns Hajo Eicken, a geophysicist and sea ice expert at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. According to Eicken, better forecasts are urgently needed and will require a new network to manage and distribute sea ice data. Eicken’s ideas were published in a Comment piece in Nature.
Oceans have risen 2.5 millimeters a year since 2003                                                                                                                                             
Carl Benson speaks on traverses, studies of snow                                                                                                                                             
Greg Walker to speak June 4                                                                                                                                             
GI is official ticket outlet for race                                                                                                                                             
Comment piece in Nature                                                                                                                                             
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