Re: Sailing round Greenland?

Erik Hammerstad <egeha.is.all.you.need@xxxxxxxx > wrote:

For those who have claimed that it could have been possible to
sail round Greenland a millenium ago, please look at the map here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6171053.stm showing the
expected minimum ice cover in 2040 if global warming continues.
Still ice around the North of Greenland unfortunately for them,
and probably much warmer than it has been for some thousands of years.

But sail around the icecap, and the NW-passage is open
and also the NE-passage would be no problem.

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p.a.

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