They say this ice age lasted about 13 centuries.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Since 1979, when NASA first began recording satellite ice images, scientists have seen a 13% decline per decade in the minimum summertime extent of sea ice, and in late August, NASA confirmed that the ice was at an all time low.

BBC: Life in the fragile, frozen Arctic

Arctic sea ice has been declining at a rate of 13% per decade since 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

CNN: Don't feed the (polar) bears

Mr. Ice would help them with Chapter 13 filings that enable individuals, with a judge's blessing, to get rid of credit-card, car-payment and other debt.

WSJ: Paperwork Trail: The Lawyers Who Fight Foreclosures