Everything has changed radically during the last three years. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has established that global warming is not uniform: whereas temperatures rose, on average, by 0.6°C in the twentieth century, the increase in the Arctic region was 2°.
人类历史的大部分历程中，严冰几乎让所有北极周围的海上航行完全不可能，北极在一片冷漠下沉睡着。而在过去三年中，一切都发生了巨变。国际气候变化问题小组委员会（ IPCC ）证实，全球变暖在各地并不是一致的：尽管20世纪中平均气温上升了 0.6 °C，但在北极地区则上升了2 °。