For many participants at the Arctic Frontiers conference held in the northern Norwegian

town of Tromsoe, 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) south of the North Pole, the pace of

global warming is staggering.

"Climate change in the Arctic is not coming. It is here," said Canadian researcher at

the University of Manitoba, David Barber.

"Last time something like that happened was a million years ago. It is a tremendous

change," Barber added.

"We are seeing catastrophic changes in sea ice cover in the Pacific section of the

Arctic Ocean," said Jackie Grebmeier, professor at the University of Tennessee.

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The Arctic region as global warming barometer -

by Francis Kohn Wed Jan 24, 11:04 PM ET

TROMSOE, Norway (AFP)

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