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Background - August 13, 2009

Photos from the summer 2009 Arctic Meltdown expedition.

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Photos from the crack in Petermann glacier.

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Tweet	The past 6 years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic.
Tweet	The largest bodies of ice in the Arctic are declining faster since 2000 than they did in the 1990s.
Tweet	The Arctic Ocean is projected to become nearly ice-free in summer within this century, likely within the next 30 to 40 years.
Tweet	There is no known technology existing today to recover oil from ice.
Tweet	Seal pups are more vulnerable to oil because they are dependent on their natal fur for insulation.
Tweet	The Arctic Tern has the longest migration of all known animals - to Antarctica and back to the Arctic every year.

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