re: #71 ckb

Wow, you can’t even forgo a simple point that sea ice at the Barrow coast melts every year. You should be wary of your bias. From wikipedia:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

“July is the warmest month of the year with an average high of 46 F (8 C) and an average low temperature of 34 F (1 C). Beginning in late July the Arctic Ocean is relatively ice-free, and remains so until late October.[10]”

That’s a nice little distortion. You said:

Its thickness is irrelevant.

That is what is not true.