Maybe The Ice Wouldn't Be Melting So Fast If Lance Didn't Go Around Smashing It Up So Much

“It is a greater change than we could even imagine 20 years ago, even 10 years ago. And it has taken us by surprise and we must adjust our understanding of the system and we must adjust our science and we must adjust our feelings for the nature around us.”
 — The urgency apparent in Norwegian Polar Institute’s Dr. Kim Holman’s assessment of recent data about the melting arctic ice cap is truly terrifying. But the fact that the Institute named its icebreaker ship “Lance” makes me smile.