Meteorologists call satellite images showing open water occurring in areas it is rarely seen "scary" amid growing climate fears.
Sea ice north of Greenland - some of the oldest and thickest in the Arctic - has broken up for the second time this year, a phenomenon never seen before.
Satellite images show ice melting around the coast of the island closest to the North Pole, opening up waters that are usually frozen, even in summer.
One meteorologist said the loss of ice was "scary".
Rasmus Tage Tonboe, a sea ice expert from the Danish Meteorological Society, told Sky News: "Right now, the sea ice in the Arctic is near its annual minimum, it is melting.
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