Arctic sea ice may have started rebuilding after reaching a record low, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre.
Arctic ice now covers 1.61 million sq miles, the agency said, up from 1.59 million on 16 September, which appears to have been the minimum.
The previous record low for Arctic sea ice was 2.1 million sq miles in September 2005, and the average low at the end of a summer melt is 2.6 million sq miles.
The Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the coasts of Canada and Alaska remains open, but is starting to re-freeze, the centre said.
Via: Scotsman
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