Sea ice also increased the occurrence of oil spill of ice region. And ince oil spill prevention is much more difficult.

海冰灾害同样加大了发生冰区溢油事故的可能，而冰区溢油的防治比开阔海域溢油的防治更加困难。

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With the global exploitation to the ocean and frequent sea ice disaster, the whole world has paid attention to oil spill of ice region.

随着对海洋全球性地开发以及近年来频繁的海冰灾害，冰区溢油的防治已经引起了全球的关注。

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Satellite observations and submarine surveys over the past few years had shown less ice in the polar region, but the recent measurements show the loss is more pronounced than previously thought.

过去几年的卫星观测和潜艇调查显示，极地地区的冰层减少了，但最近的测量显示，冰层的减少量比之前设想的更为明显。

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The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of ice for the region for Tuesday.

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Martin Sommerkorn from the WWF International Arctic Program believes that the changes in sea-ice cover in the region are likely to increase global temperatures further.

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The Arctic's importance has gained extra strategic and economic significance as melting ice in the polar region strengthens the feasibility of nations to use the Northern Sea Route (NSR) across the top of Russia and the Northwest Passage through Canada's Arctic archipelago.

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