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University of Maine professor dies conducting research in Antarctica
The Associated Press CTV ^ | October 24, 2016 | John Krinjak

Posted on 10/24/2016 5:43:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A University of Maine professor has died while conducting research in Antarctica.

The university says 50-year-old Gordon Hamilton died Saturday when the snowmobile he was riding hit a crevasse and he fell 100 feet. He had been in Antarctica doing research for the National Science Foundation. His work focused on the role of ice and glaciers in the climate system.

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1 posted on 10/24/2016 5:43:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I thought global warming had already melted the ice.


2 posted on 10/24/2016 5:49:55 AM PDT by sagar
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To: BenLurkin

Any pumas?


3 posted on 10/24/2016 5:50:12 AM PDT by Does so (Hillary Defended TWO Rapists: Thomas Alfred Taylor and Slick Willie ==8-O)
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To: BenLurkin

Frozen stiff...


4 posted on 10/24/2016 5:53:17 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: BenLurkin

Research or free vacation?


5 posted on 10/24/2016 5:54:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: BenLurkin

What a waste! He didn’t have to go anywhere to learn that the sun is in charge of our climate. If he had any sense at all, he’d have known that scientific fact while he was still in Orono.


6 posted on 10/24/2016 6:39:57 AM PDT by abclily
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I could think of much better places for a vacation.


7 posted on 10/24/2016 6:42:20 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: BenLurkin

Peeps are allowed to burn fossil fuel in Antarctica? The place could just melt down.


8 posted on 10/24/2016 6:42:31 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: BenLurkin

How can this be? algore, the ignorant, said all ice in the universe would melt be now?


9 posted on 10/24/2016 6:42:55 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: abclily

Regardless of whether or not the sun is in charge, there is an awful lot “we” do not understand about glaciology. Such knowledge is valuable, regardless of how politicized the subject matter may turn out to be.

Whether or not we need a lot of late middle age academics riding snowmobiles around Antarctica to acquire such knowledge is a different question.


10 posted on 10/24/2016 6:46:48 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: BenLurkin

Awful way to die.


11 posted on 10/24/2016 6:50:31 AM PDT by OrangeHoof ("If you cain't run yo own house, you cain't run da White House. Cain't do it." - Michelle Obama)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Water gets cold...it freezes! Any questions?


12 posted on 10/24/2016 6:50:53 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Even in summer, Antarctica is not a pleasant place. Regardless of how fascinating the science research might be, the conditions are grueling. The weather is brutal, and you can die just from going outside if you’re careless, never mind falling in a crevasse.


13 posted on 10/24/2016 6:51:19 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: BenLurkin

What a waste of a perfectly good snow machine


14 posted on 10/24/2016 6:52:29 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts ,)
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To: BenLurkin

I guess only 96% of scientists instead of 97% agree man causes AWG...

Poor guy died for a farce...


15 posted on 10/24/2016 6:55:59 AM PDT by Popman
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To: BenLurkin

I guess he learned something about glaciers, unfortunately a little late.


16 posted on 10/24/2016 6:56:47 AM PDT by webheart (We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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The university says 50-year-old Gordon Hamilton died Saturday when the snowmobile he was riding hit a crevasse and he fell 100 feet.

OK, I can't stand the fact that he's a global warming nut. That being said, it was a horrible way for any human being to die, and I'm not going to make fun of his death. Falling 100 feet would be like falling from a 10-story window.

17 posted on 10/24/2016 6:57:48 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. - Mark Twain)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Regardless of whether or not the sun is in charge, there is an awful lot “we” do not understand about glaciology”

One thing I do understand is that, true or not, there is NOTHING we can do about it.

Oh, by the way, the sun is in charge, and God controls the sun.

If you want to have an impact on climate change, your only hope is to PRAY.


18 posted on 10/24/2016 6:59:17 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts ,)
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To: OrangeHoof
Awful way to die.

You're not kidding! Wedged tightly in between two frozen ice walls deep below. And when you squirm in a vain in an attempt to somehow survive, you go further down.

19 posted on 10/24/2016 7:06:56 AM PDT by AC Beach Patrol
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To: BenLurkin

Penguin stampede ?


20 posted on 10/24/2016 7:18:50 AM PDT by butlerweave
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