1969 New York Times article - "the Arctic pack ice is thinning and that the ocean at the North Pole may become an open sea within a decade or two..."

 New York Times - Feb 20, 1969

"the Arctic pack ice is thinning and that the ocean at the North Pole may become an open sea within a decade or two..."

"A number of specialists believe that an ice-free Arctic Ocean would not freeze again If so, it has been predicted that storm paths would change and the food-producing areas of the United States and Eurasia might become deserts..."

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I tried finding a second source for this, and of all things, found the complete article in a textbook.

It's quite interesting for many reasons.

And then I found an actual image of the article here

Will never be found in Wikipedia