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Wow, I assumed that there was so much water surrounding Greenland that it would be impossible for a fox to swim or get there by themselves. Any idea how much of
by daniel_iversen 7y ago
Wow, I assumed that there was so much water surrounding Greenland that it would be impossible for a fox to swim or get there by themselves. Any idea how much of the path to Greenland from the poles and Canada is covered by ice and how far is pure water?
- Scaevolus 7y agoHere's the sea ice extent this year: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2019/04/Figure1.png http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2019/04/Figure1.png
- daniel_iversen 7y agoFascinating! Thanks a lot!
- daveslash 7y agoI wonder if there are any walking-creatures (as opposed to bird) that cross between northern Russia and northern Canada.
- tedunangst 7y agoThe article also says Iceland is connected by ice? > The shrinking of the polar ice pack is having an impact on Arctic foxes - they can no longer visit Iceland, for example When was Iceland regularly connected by ice?
- pvaldes 7y agoYou don't need a regular connection or a solid bridge, just a ship. Ice ship is fine. Human ship will work also.