Good News, Bad News

The good news is you'll be able to sail from Alaska to Europe year round. The bad news?

You're not supposed to and coastal communities will have lots of new beach property:

Hitting a record low on September 16, 2007, the Arctic lost half a million square miles of ice compared to its last record low just two years ago.

For all the details, check out the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) website, which notes “the Northwest Passage is still open, but is starting to refreeze. We are still on track for an ice free Arctic by 2030, decades ahead of the climate models.