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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Climate Activists board Ice-strong Boat Aug 23, stuck in ice Aug 24 |
| 2018-08-28 |
| [WattsUWithThat] From August 23 to Sept. 13, the University of Rhode Island..., with major funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and additional support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, will conduct the innovative Northwest Passage Project research expedition .......... to aid understanding of / document climate change effects...On the morning of August 24th, the Akademik Ioffe ‐ the vessel carrying the participants of the National Science Foundation funded Northwest Passage Project being conducted by the University of Rhode Island ‐ became grounded (forced by ice) in the western Gulf of Boothia in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago...between 80 and 90 of the passengers will fly from the remote Arctic coastline community back to Yellowknife. The Transportation Safety Board is considering whether it will send investigators to the site. A board spokesman says the ship has suffered some damage. |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #8 Given the current state of the solar cycle....I'm not going to be surprised if winter has a bit more....bite than everyone expects. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-08-28 19:36 |
| #7 Bucking received wisdom: Maine's Farmers' Almanac predicts 'teeth-chattering' winter, lots of snow |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-28 19:04 |
| #6 And I just finished watching The Terror. Have fun, assholes, we won't use fuel to save you |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-08-28 18:56 |
| #5 And if they hurry, well fed. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-08-28 18:35 |
| #4 So it seems those polar bears will be OK for at least one more year. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-08-28 12:34 |
| #3 You'd think someone was trying to tell them something, just like how their conferences keep getting hit with snow storms. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-08-28 12:25 |
| #2 Well we tried. |
| Posted by: Dale 2018-08-28 12:03 |
| #1 From the end of WUWT: NOTE: About 15 minutes after publication, the title was changed from “stuck” to “grounded” to be more in-tune with news reports. However, since we so far have no photos of the grounding, we don’t know if it was a grounding by ice, or by land to avoid ice. Either way, since the ship is now damaged, the expedition is a bust. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-08-28 09:07 |