Global warming science tour ship still stuck in ice

[DrLeftover]

Yes, the point of the expedition was to see all the melting ice from climate change.

Oh, well.

31 Dec

A planned helicopter rescue of 74 passengers and crew stranded on an Antarctic research ship for a week has been delayed by bad weather.

The Akademik Shokalskiy has been stuck in pack-ice since Christmas Eve. So far three rescue missions have been unable to reach the vessel because of poor weather conditions.

On board the Russian vessel is Andrew Luck-Baker from the BBC's Science Unit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25558853

They went in search evidence of the world’s melting ice caps, but instead a team of climate scientists have been forced to abandon their mission … because the Antarctic ice is thicker than usual at this time of year.

The scientists have been stuck aboard the stricken MV Akademik Schokalskiy since Christmas Day, with repeated sea rescue attempts being abandoned as icebreaking ships failed to reach them.

Now that effort has been ditched, with experts admitting the ice is just too thick. Instead the crew have built an icy helipad, with plans afoot to rescue the 74-strong team by helicopter.

More on the mission
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531159/Antarctic-crew-build-ice-helipad-help-rescuers.html

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Searching for melted ice and finding too much ice instead? Global warming is over!

 

[DrLeftover]

Three different icebreakers, including one of the biggest ones in the Pacific, couldn't get them out, so, yeah, the ice caps are going to disappear by the middle of next week and

(deep breath, engage high pitched whine)

"we're all gonna just DIIEEEEE"

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

(deep breath, engage high pitched whine)

"we're all gonna just DIIEEEEE"

Sooner or later, yeah.

 

[DrLeftover]

I keep checking his websites waiting for the spin he's going to have to put on his expedition's fate.

I am an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Professor of Climate Change at the University of University of New South Wales....

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Inspired by the events surrounding 1912: The Year The World Discovered Antarctica, I am currently organising and leading the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013-2014, repeating century old measurements to discover and communicate the environmental changes taking place in the south.

http://www.christurney.com/

One week on

Posted by Chris Turney, December 31, 2013

It has been a sobering week. At the time we were initially caught by the sea ice, the Shokalskiy was just 2 to 4 nautical miles from open water. Now the sea ice distance has become even greater with the continued winds from the east, putting our nearest point of exit at some 16 nautical miles. The […]

http://www.spiritofmawson.com/

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Always on the quest for knowledge!

 

[DrLeftover]

The BBC has this line at the very end of their story today:

One of the aims was to track how quickly the Antarctic's sea ice was disappearing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25573096

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I didn't realize how close the Aussies and Kiwi's are to Antarctica.

 

[DrLeftover]

I didn't realize how close the Aussies and Kiwi's are to Antarctica.

Yeah, but they are a LONG, long way from New Jersey.

 

[DrLeftover]

And so it goes....

Antarctic rescue ship now stuck in ice
The Chinese icebreaker which helped transport passengers away from a stranded Antarctic ship has itself become stuck in ice....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/antarctica/10548690/Antarctic-rescue-ship-now-stuck-in-ice.html

 

[DrLeftover]

And, of course, the US has to come to their rescue.

http://www.amsa.gov.au/media/documents/050113_MediaRelease_PolarStar.pdf


and the expedition members need to plant more trees....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11181470

 

[wirelessguru1]

It serves them well! LOL!!!

It is almost like they are always promoting global warming when it is real (ICE) cold...