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Voyage of discovery in the Northwest Passage

By Cameron Dueck

Published: October 14 2009 19:05 | Last updated: October 14 2009 19:05

Icebergs on the west coast of Greenland
Icebergs on the west coast of Greenland. Arctic ice is getting thinner and therefore more vulnerable as temperatures rise

The first piece of ice was small, the size of a kitchen sink. The second piece was as big as a family sedan. Then off the north coast of Alaska heavy ice was slowly bobbing and sloshing in the Arctic waves and playing home to a herd of walruses.

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