Still,the National Snow and Ice Data Center says the most recent September measurement was the third lowest since nineteen seventy-nine.

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The two government agencies have been studying Arctic Sea ice from space since nineteen seventy-nine.

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The report also says the two thousand nine ice cover was thin.

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Cut off by sea ice nine months of the year, Ittoqqorrtoormiit, population 400, receives two supply ships between late June and September, when the ships can make it through the ice to deliver goods.

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Unsurprisingly, Green Bay, Minnesota and Chicago lead the ice brigade, combining for nine of the 16 coldest games on record (though Minnesota dropped out of further contention when the hometown Vikings moved indoors in 1982).

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They join nine other celebrities performing complex ice skating routines under the watchful eyes of former Olympic champions Torvill and Dean.

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