If true, this would produce steady melt ponding all around the Pole, in particular, for a couple degrees of latitude in all directions, still during the month of May. Did the Pole melt pond any much during May ever before, i wonder.
I'm thinking about insolation effects, of course - those are at their max exactly near the Pole. Any thoughts about consequences for the minimum if most of CAA is much melt-ponded by some mid-June or even earler?
P.S. Seems 'em Great Lakes will be massacred very quick, eh.