We're heading there according to the latest data. Ice coverage on the North Pole during summer months is at its lowest level yet recorded by satellite.
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'A less polar pole': Arctic sea ice at record low
By Miguel Llanos, NBC News
August 27 2012
The amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic has reached a record low in three decades of satellite data, scientists reported Tuesday, with one of them describing recent warm years there as creating a "less polar pole." The decline was expected to continue for at least several more days before cold weather sets in and creates new ice through fall and winter.
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