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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Catlin Arctic Survery to be extracted 500 km short of goal |
| 2009-05-12 |
| Now that the end is in sight (it's expected the Ice Team will be lifted off the ice later this week), the three, independent of the others, has been reflecting and commenting on how one of the many truly positive aspects of the expedition is the way in which they've worked so well together. In 70 days they failed to cover 50% of the distance; they suffered from the elements, endured -50C temperatures but they made some minimally valuable measurements; sucked up a lot $ from Prince Charles and the other sponsors and left a bunch of nearly empty oil drums on the ice to pollute the environment. |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #6 To keep the Hand-Warmer ready..... |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-05-12 19:10 |
| #5 For example, he asked an excellent question: Why is there a hand-warmer strapped to a temperature-measuring device? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-05-12 09:58 |
| #4 Watts Up With That is your go-to site on all things Catlin...and a bunch of other stuff as well. Highly recommended...I have it bookmarked and I think Fred oughtta blogroll it. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-05-12 09:55 |
| #3 Minimum expectation is that they'd work well together; that's what grown-ups do, after all, when they share an important goal. The only thing that matters is whether they actually collected the data they set off to get. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-12 09:23 |
| #2 FAIL! |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-05-12 09:19 |
| #1 Too bad they didn't encounter a herd of polar bears. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-05-12 08:55 |