claim: the first scientists to show that the thick icecap that once covered the Arctic ocean was beginning to thin and shrink.
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic Ocean:26
evidences.article: Arctic Ocean
evidences.evidence: Nevertheless, as all the explorers who travelled closer and closer to the pole reported, the polar ice cap is quite thick, and persists year-round.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic Ocean:7
evidences.article: Arctic Ocean
evidences.evidence: The summer shrinking of the ice has been quoted at 50%.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:150
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: Global warming has led to decades of shrinking and thinning of the Arctic sea ice, making it vulnerable to atmospheric anomalies.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:310
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: Other studies show that between 1960 and 1999, the Devon Ice Cap lost 67 km3 (16 cu mi) of ice, mainly through thinning.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:315
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: The 66 km2 (25 sq mi) ice shelf drifted into the Arctic Ocean.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO