"In what local media outlets are labeling a “once in a lifetime phenomenon”, sea ice, usually found in more northern and polar oceans, has formed off the coast of Greece as the country continues to be ravaged by record snow and sub-zero cold.
Arctic Sea Ice being on something of a tear this year –currently standing at an 15+ year high— is one thing, but the ocean freezing-up in Greece demands a whole new level of denial from AGW proponents.
Ice formed off the coastal village of Sagiada in Thesprotia, Epirus after temperatures nosedived to almost -20C (-4F).
Sagiada is the westernmost point of mainland Greece.
The village is situated on the shores of the Ionian Sea–an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea.
According to a report by climatestotravel.com, this part of Greece has a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, sunny summers.
At sea level, continues the report, it never snows nor freezes.
The sea ice formed with Greece still reeling from the heavy snowstorms that swept the country earlier this week.
Record snow was measured in Athens, with incredibly rare flurries hitting the nation’s islands:
On Wednesday, Meteo.gr reported that 288 of its meteorological stations in Greece had logged below-freezing temperatures, of which 44 had recorded readings below -10C (14F). The lowest value was the -18.1C (-0.6F) in Lefkochori, Fthiotida — a new record.
This part of the world simply isn’t accustomed to such lows, and the infrastructure isn’t built to cope.
The unprecedented cold has also led to hundreds of thousands of farmed fish dying in a lagoon in NW Greece."
