As Journalistic Integrity Vanishes, Newspapers May Go Out Of Business

Less than a year ago, the New York Times predicted shipping “directly over the North Pole.

As global warming melts sea ice across the Arctic, shipping routes once thought impossible — including directly over the North Pole — may open up

  • New York Times  May 3, 2017

They say Arctic ice is 0.5-1.0 meters thick.

As Arctic Ice Vanishes, New Shipping Routes Open – The New York Times

In the actual Arctic, the only shipping route (Northern Passage) has ice one meter thicker than normal.

Lars Kaleschke on Twitter: “#Arctic sea ice thickness anomaly from @ESA_EO @SMOS

The shipping routes are blocked by 4-5 meter thick ice, five times thicker than the New York Times claims.

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Sixty years ago, the New York Times ran exactly the same story – predicting shipping across the North Pole.

The Changing Face of the Arctic; The Changing Face of the Arctic – The New York Times

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