Recent studies suggest the Arctic could be ice-free in summer for the first time by 2013 as a result of climate change, a clear threat to marine creatures, indigenous hunters, and snowmen everywhere.

"I've been growing concerned that global warming—the single most important issue to the snowmen of this country—is being neglected."
—"Billiam," the animated snowman who asked a question at the Democratic CNN-YouTube debate in July 2007

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