Twelve years after predicting an ice-free Arctic, the New York Times predicted a new ice age.

“Some scientists estimate that the polar ice pack is 40 per cent thinner and 12 per cent less in area than it was a half-century ago, and that even within the lifetime of our children the Arctic Ocean may open, enabling ships to sail over the North Pole”

October 19, 1958

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“The United States and the Soviet Union are mounting large-scale investigations to determine why the Arctic climate is becoming more frigid, why parts of the Arctic sea ice have recently become ominously thicker and whether the extent of that ice cover contributes to the onset of ice ages.”

July 19, 1970

TimesMachine: July 18, 1970 – NYTimes.com

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