Thanh: Will I get travelling expenses? http://www.all-climb.de/index.php/ig-klettern-allgaeu Megalis 10 NASA scientists have been studying the melting rates of Arctic ice since decades. Studying the updates of Arctic ice and its melting pattern, Arctic loses 30,000 square miles of sea ice each year. Last year’s melting rate was very high and the NASA scientists had reported a record low in the amount of ice available. It was noticed in 2012 that the ice cap of the Arctic Ocean reduced to its lowest extent ever recorded.