Tag: sea ice

Shell halts Alaska drilling after ice floe strikes

Shell halts Alaska drilling after ice floe strikes

September 17, 2012

Royal Dutch Shell today said it is halting tests to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska until…

Arctic sea ice shrinks to lowest recorded level

Arctic sea ice shrinks to lowest recorded level

August 30, 2012

The amount of ice covering the Arctic shrank to its lowest level on record this month,…