It appears that 500,000 sq km of Arctic ice just disappeared. Global Warming probably did it. There was getting to be too much ice u there, so something had to be done. Here is the story from the blog 'wattsupwiththat:'

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/12/13/something-is-rotten-in-norway-500000-sq-km-of-sea-ice-disappears-overnight/#more-4514