Record Warm Temperatures in the Arctic

With record colds and record snow fall all over the world, it is hard to find places where temperatures have stayed consistently high over prolonged periods during the last few years.

However, some places are registering high temperatures. Both Alaska and Spitsbergen have been warmer than average.

The only problem with this, as seen from a global warming perspective, is that it fits perfectly with what was the case during the Maunder Minimum, also known as the little ice age.

Arctic explorers back then had no trouble sailing north of Spitsbergen. Alaska was easy to reach too. It was everywhere else that was colder than normal, just as is the case today.

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