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Originally Posted by jmshepard

Here are a couple of more recent articles (June 2008).

The Headline: North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080620-north-pole.html

The Headline: Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/01/content_7696460.htm

Read these and report back.

That's the "news" being contested in the article Mule posted. You guys can attack his credentials, or lack thereof, but he seems to be basing his story on the 08/11/2008 NASA map I showed earlier: