The icebreaker ship used for the 115-day expedition had to be rerouted Tuesday to break ice for commercial ships in the Hudson Bay because the ice conditions are the worst they've been in 20 years, according to the Canadian Coast Guard.

"Obviously it has a large impact on us," said Martin Fortier, the executive director of the "global warming" research institute ArcticNet, which was spearheading the expedition.

The ice is so thick that ships are having to skirt around it.

"The same ice has also been blamed for bringing two polar bears into the community last week — a highly unusual event," CBC News reported.

The volume of Arctic sea ice has increased by 33% since 2013, although scientists who are funded to promote the government-driven "global warming" agenda are claiming the record ice is a freak occurrence.