Arctic ice is thinning, researcher says

28 Nov 2009, 12:31 pm   -   Source: AAP
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An Arctic researcher says the region's thick, multi-year ice that is home to polar bears has been replaced by thin and flimsy ice.

An Arctic researcher says the region's thick, multi-year ice that is home to polar bears has been replaced by thin and flimsy ice.

University of Manitoba researcher David Barber recently returned from a research trip to the Beaufort Sea. He said on Friday that his team was shocked by the state of the sea ice.

Barber says researchers on the expedition watched a massive multi-year ice floe break up before their eyes.

He says experts around the world believed Arctic sea ice was recovering because satellite images showed it was expanding.

But he says the satellites were misleading because the rotten ice looked sturdy on the surface.

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