10 Years Ago, Al Gore Predicted the North Pole Ice Cap Would Be Ice-Free in 5 Years

On December 13, 2008, Al Gore told a German audience that “the entire North ‘polarized’ cap will disappear in five years.”  The following year, he warned that some climate computer models suggested that there was a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years during some of the summer months.  In September, it snowed during a blizzard in South Africa.