NIC - Week of 9/28 - Chukchi Sea 100% Ice-Free; E. Siberian Sea 100% Ice-Free

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Chikchi Sea:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/west_arctic/Chukchi_Sea/2007/currentcolor.pdf

East Siberian Sea:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/West_Arctic/East_Siberian_Sea/2007/currentcolor.pdf

Beaufort Sea: almost 100% ice-free to 73N - on west side, well past to 75 or 76N:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/West_Arctic/beaufort_sea/2007/currentcolor.pdf

Canadian Arctic West - some 1-3/10ths ice west of King William Island - otherwise, the Northwest Passage there is wide open; closing in Devon Island passage, though:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/West_Arctic/Canadian_Arctic_West/2007/currentcolor.pdf

Baffin Bay - other than >1/10th ice on Greenland's west coast, Baffin Bay is clear all the way to Cape Sabine and Kane Basin:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Baffin_Bay/Baffin_Bay/2007/currentcolor.pdf

Svalbard - clear to well past 80N, other than very small shore ice formations in NE corner of archipelago:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Barents_Sea/Barents_Sea_North/2007/Northwest/currentcolor.pdf

Franz Josef Land: other than 1-3/10ths formation to NE, 100% sea-ice free:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Barents_Sea/Barents_Sea_North/2007/Northeast/currentcolor.pdf

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1. Russian girls look great in bikinis.

Something good gotta come outta this disaster.