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Century-old ship logs reveal extent of today’s drastic Arctic melt
Century-Old Ship Logs Show How Much Ice the Arctic Has Lost

September 17, 2019 – Research by Axel Schweiger and Jinlun Zhang in Collaboration with Kevin Wood from JISAO reconstructs sea ice volume and thickness since 1901. 

Nexus Media: Century-Old Ship Logs Show How Much Ice the Arctic Has Lost Old, handwritten logbooks prove computer models are right — the Arctic has lost a frightening amount of sea ice
Popular Mechanics: How Century-Old Ice Data Is Helping Track a Melting Arctic
Shipping logs show how quickly Arctic sea ice is melting

August 13, 2019 – The Economist covers research by Axel Schweiger and Jinlun Zhang in collaboration with Kevin Wood at JISAO. Reconstruction of sea ice thickness and volume since 1901 uses logs from old US revenue cutters traveling in the Arctic in the early 20th century.

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