FOOTNOTE: Polar Bears Drowning

This is a further note to the following post about the Ice Cap.

Polar bears drown, islands appear in Arctic thaw

"OSLO (Reuters) - Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming.

"Signs of wrenching changes are apparent around the Arctic region due to unusual warmth -- the summer minimum for ice is usually reached between mid-September and early October before the Arctic freeze extends its grip.

" 'We know about three new islands this year that have been uncovered because the glaciers have retreated,' said Rune Bergstrom, environmental adviser to the governor of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago about 1,000 km (600 miles) from the North Pole."