It’s awfully generous of the American, Canadian and British taxpayers to subsidize this incredibly expensive ill-advised voyage.
Escorted by an icebreaker-seriously? That sounds more like punishment than a pleasure trip-cruise ship = Klingon prison ship...
IMHO probably the greatest leader of men the modern world has ever known, Churchill, Patton and Mac Arthur notwithstanding.
This should be fun to watch.
> The British RRS Ernest Shackleton icebreaker is escorting the ship,
For the ice they claim doesn’t exist?
I went to the link
I would like to go from stop #8 to the end.
I’m a coward.:-)
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Bogus!! The North-west passage is completely ice-free — has been for at least two years now. Al Gore told us so over a decade ago.
The only extra prep this trip should require is packing extra high-SPF sun screen, and Gatorade (to help ward off heat stroke).
Who’s pocketing the money that (we’re supposed to believe) went to pay for ice-breakers??
The Serenity’s sold-out journey set off Tuesday from Seward, Alaska, and will dock in New York City on Sept. 17. It represents one of the final uncharted frontiers for travellers, who are doling out $22,000 to $120,000 (U.S.) for the lavish cruise, and unnervingly points to how destructive human activity has made such voyages possible in recent years.
Stopped reading after that paragraph...
The BBC said the Artic would be ice free in 2008, so why all the fuss?
This time, don’t rescue them.
The world would be better off.
Sure!
Hope they do the trip in winter in order to prove globul worming once und fur all
I’m just hoping to make it through our ‘Re-Do Winter of 1976’ that’s predicted for Wisconsin this season!
This is one of those rare, non political threads that are really thought provoking, informative and fascinating.
My initial thought was the common cynical conditioned response, but very little thought brought me around.
It is a fascinating concept and that it aroused a little envy in me is embarrassing to admit, if I could only afford it...
It is truly a unique adventure, the only adventure more incredible to imagine is a brief trip to the moon, with a minuscule risk of comparable risk to life.
Here is a voyage previously only made by old adventurers, in primitive crafts, with most of them and their crews lost, warships, and commercial adventurers seeking wealth finding a shorter route to and from Asia markets and American continental markets.
That it should be constantly monitored via global television is a rare opportunity for vicarious participation, and I hope that is also a part of the plan.
As for the left wing crap?
Easy enough to ignore totally; like criminal politicians, the delusional Bugs & Bunnies, Climate Change imbeciles and other self-appointed Global Saviors of our world, it keeps them busy and spreads the wealth...
Finally I am hoping that going to the link will answer a question I hope is has been asked. It is inferred that there will be multiple trips, but the excerpt gives no hint as to how many passengers and crew are planned for each trip, if the trips are "round trips... nor what percentage of the total western passage is traveled.
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Remember the Russian “research” vessel that went to the Antarctic to prove there was no ice?
It is crushed and permanently mounted in an ice island.
Look for more of the same.
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My bass teacher had a gig on that gorgeous ship!
Only his cruise was the Mediterranean...much nicer.
bump, so that I can watch the bridge cam later when they’re stuck in the ice.