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== Ice caps ==
== Ice caps ==
*In 1934, the New Castle News of New Castle, Pennsylvania, claimed that Alaska's [[permafrost]] was receding away from the south.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36628652/new-castle-news-new-castle-pa-7-feb/</ref> In 2008, surveyors found that 85% of the state was still completely covered in permafrost, and that only the most southern parts of the state, as well as some inland moving rivers had land that was not frozen the entire year.<ref>https://dggs.alaska.gov/hazards/permafrost.html</ref>
*In 1972, Bernt Balchen predicted that the Arctic would be ice-free by the year 2000.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110868583/north-pole/</ref>
*In 1972, Bernt Balchen predicted that the Arctic would be ice-free by the year 2000.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110868583/north-pole/</ref>
*In 1999, the Birmingham Post predicted that the Himalayas would melt by 2009.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110824051/himalayas/</ref>
*In 1999, the Birmingham Post predicted that the Himalayas would melt by 2009.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110824051/himalayas/</ref>