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• APA style

  Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005. (June 2007). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 04:47, November 21, 2009 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005.

• MLA style

  "Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005." UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. June 2007. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 21 Nov 2009 <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005>.

• MHRA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 'Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005', UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, June 2007, <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005> [Accessed 21 November 2009]

• Chicago style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005 (Accessed 21 November 2009)

• CBE/CSE style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005 [Internet]. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library; June 2007 [cited 2009 Nov 21]. Available from: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005.

• Bluebook style

  Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005 (Last visited November 21, 2009).

• Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style

  See UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005 (Optional description here) (as of Nov. 21, 2009, 03:47 UTC).

• AMA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Change in the age of ice on the Arctic Ocean, comparing September ice ages in 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. June 2007. Available at: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/change-in-the-age-of-ice-on-the-arctic-ocean-comparing-september-ice-ages-in-1988-1990-2001-and-2005. Accessed November 21, 2009.