Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 08:25
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What percentage of the Arctic's sea ice melts in the summer?

Patrick Schick 

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 17:58

Craig Kasemodel

Sea ice typically covers about 14 to 16 million square kilometers in late winter in the Arctic and by summer's end, approximately seven to nine million square kilometers in the Arctic.