I've never posted to a list before & obviously I'm doing something wrong because it's not getting through, but if you.re really worried about the Artic melting there's a good article at http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/071100sci-environ-climate.html "Research Predicts Summer Doom for Northern Icecap"--Walter Gibbs 7/11/00 explaining the possible consequences. David