Global Warming Expedition to North Pole Cancelled Due to Cold and Frostbite

NewsBusters ^ | March 12, 2007 | Noel Sheppard

[DaveCooper]

Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. However, I sincerely beg all readers to properly stow potables, combustibles, and sharp objects before proceeding further.

An expedition to the North Pole to bring attention to global warming was cancelled due to the extraordinarily cold weather. I kid you not. As reported by the Associated Press Monday (emphasis mine throughout):

The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.

“Ann said losing toes and going forward at all costs was never part of the journey,” said Ann Atwood, who helped organize the expedition.

[DaveCooper]

Giggle...giggle-giggle...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[smonk]

another example of "The Gore Effect".

[MarkeyD]

It was 100 below zero, but what with GW and all, in 100 years it will be up to 99 below.

[Dustbunny]

Giggle...giggle-giggle...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Ditto that !!!

[isthisnickcool]

another example of "The Gore Effect".

Dammit! But he killed Manbearpig!

[sneakers]

HAHAHAHA!!

These articles crack me up!! LOL!!

[avacado]

"Ann said losing toes and going forward at all costs was never part of the journey," said Ann Atwood, who helped organize the expedition. Al Gore told us that all he had to take were shorts and t-shirts and that we'd find palm trees and tropical monkeys..."

[Laptop_Ron]

And did you notice that almost every time AlGore is scheduled to make a global warming speech, the place he's to speak gets a cold snap?

Is this God's way of saying "Al, I'll take care of the planet. You work on that electric bill."??

[Thrownatbirth]

My rule-of-thumb is no North Pole treks until after St. Paddy's Day.

[yldstrk]

That just proves fact is stranger than fiction.......

[avacado]

"Then there was the cold - quite a bit colder, Atwood said, then Bancroft and Arnesen had expected. One night they measured the temperature inside their tent at 58 degrees below zero, and outside temperatures were exceeding 100 below zero at times, Atwood said."

LOL!!! The Arctic colder than Al Gore tricked you into believing!

[Laptop_Ron]

Yeah, they knew they got suckered when their suntan lotion froze.

[avacado]

"They were experiencing temperatures that weren't expected with global warming," Atwood said. "But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability."

Check out that nugget of liberal logic!

[Laptop_Ron]

If it's so unpredictable, how can they predict global warming? I'm confused.

[txroadkill]

I just love how liberals are always out proving just how full of sh*t they all are. My favorite was the guy who went to prove grizzly bears are just misunderstood.

[neverhillorat]

Who says GOD doesn`t have a sense of humor?

[Laptop_Ron]

Hey, they were right about the grizzlies being misunderstood. They thought the bears were nice creatures, but the bears were thinking how yummy the people would taste. Standard misunderstanding there.

[cgk]

I hate to say it, but the jokes do write themselves lately...

[TheLion]

ROTF!

One of the responders on your link said something to the effect that "They will wait until the summer and go back to prove it is getting warmer".

We should send all these moonbats up there to check it out.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Maybe they should have scheduled this stuff for... oh, I dunno... AUGUST?

If we lose out to these half-wits, we deserve everything we get.