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Oddly enough, global warming and milder winters have led to more severe ice conditions in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. Today, icebreakers are already struggling to get through towering compacted ice and the problem may become exacerbated in the future, unless more powerful icebreaking vessels step in.

https://sputniknews.com/science/201703071051343100-baltic-sea-icebreakers/

Just as well it is not global cooling; icebreaker yards might go out of business. ;)

lee wrote on Mar 8^th, 2017 at 5:31pm:

Quote: Oddly enough, global warming and milder winters have led to more severe ice conditions in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. Today, icebreakers are already struggling to get through towering compacted ice and the problem may become exacerbated in the future, unless more powerful icebreaking vessels step in. https://sputniknews.com/science/201703071051343100-baltic-sea-icebreakers/ Just as well it is not global cooling; icebreaker yards might go out of business. ;)

Perfectly consistent with a warming world.......or not  ;D