The Guardian: The desperate race to create a protection zone around the rapidly melting Arctic

August 11, 2023

The Guardian 90 North Foundation: The desperate race to create a protection zone around the rapidly melting Arctic

The ice once protected the Arctic ocean from threats – but as it melts it exposes the sea to fishing, shipping, mining and pollution. Would a marine protected area help secure this fragile ecosystem or is it too late?

by Jimmy Thomson

When the Arctic explorer Pen Hadow had to start swimming from ice floe to ice floe, rather than walking, he experienced for himself what scientists and Indigenous peoples of the north have long known: the floating sea ice, which used to reliably cover the Arctic Ocean for most of the year, is disappearing.

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