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Rescue for Antarctic ice-bound ship under threat (Chinese ice breaker may also be stuck)
BBC ^ | December 31, 2013

Posted on 12/31/2013 1:23:20 PM PST by Zakeet

A rescue mission for a ship trapped in ice in Antarctica is under threat as reports have emerged that one of the assisting vessels may itself be stuck.

Fifty-two passengers and four crew members were due to be evacuated by helicopter from China's Xue Long ship as soon as conditions allowed.

However, the Xue Long has barely moved in a day and may be stuck in the ice.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: agw; antarctic; antarctica; australia; china; climatechange; environment; globalwarming; russia; shokalskiy; unitedkingdom
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To: Zakeet; All
global warming is the biggest lie ever told and the crime of the century

The news media has been screech for 30 years that the ice caps are melting. however reality is more ice than ever just measured in Antarctica(South Pole)

funny that you mention the Goracle: algore predicted that the Arctic would be ice free by now. so it's 2013 and guess what the NORTH polar ice cap grew by an astonishing 60% in this past year:

http://code-interactive.com/ad-in/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ice.png

101 posted on 12/31/2013 5:01:42 PM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: miliantnutcase

Just happened to be delivering provisions to the McMurdo neighborhood with 75,000 H.P. under the hood and rated for 6 meter ice.

http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1994906/


102 posted on 12/31/2013 5:13:35 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: Democrat_media
To be honest. There is less ice in some areas, but certainly not a disaster:

 photo Arcticiceextent_zpsb9ffee35.png

103 posted on 12/31/2013 5:32:22 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=12&fd=29&fy=2000&sm=12&sd=29&sy=2013


104 posted on 12/31/2013 5:33:01 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

No wrong

there is more ice now in Antarctica than ever measured. so there is no global warming ok?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216238/Now-theres-ice-South-Pole-So-global-warming-thawing-Antarctica.html

that’s what I said . that is where most of the world’s ice is too.


105 posted on 12/31/2013 5:35:42 PM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: Democrat_media

You seem to be very passionate about this issue.

You do know that this whole carbon thing was sold to Al Gore by some smart *uc*s From Enron when Gole was VP ?


106 posted on 12/31/2013 5:37:55 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

no the global warming hoax is about growing government(socialism) and enslaving us ,destroying capitalism.


107 posted on 12/31/2013 5:40:48 PM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: ConservativeOrBust; JoeProBono
I see what you did there! Best laugh of the day.

Thanks for cluing me in! I went back and searched. PajamaBoy! LOL.

108 posted on 12/31/2013 5:42:27 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Democrat_media

Yes, I’m well aware of that.

I’m asking you, if you understand HOW they are actually going about this effort ?

There’s is soo much more to this than you may realize.


109 posted on 12/31/2013 5:44:05 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zakeet

Think the “tourists” will have to move the deck chairs to catch more sun before the rescue?


110 posted on 12/31/2013 5:49:25 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
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To: Democrat_media
Do you remember Knut ?

The first poster child of the Global Warming cult.

 photo Knutt1_zps7b0bea08.jpeg

Well, Knut grew up.

 photo Knutt2_zps7e2fa13e.jpeg

111 posted on 12/31/2013 5:49:59 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

It is generally colder during the summer for geographic regions below the equator.


112 posted on 12/31/2013 6:25:21 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: unlearner
It is generally colder during the summer for geographic regions below the equator.

It is generally colder during OUR summer
for geographic regions below the equator.

During OUR Winter it is much warmer
south of the Equator


113 posted on 12/31/2013 6:38:50 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

That is what I was trying to say. My point was that Antarctica is usually warmer this time of year, but I guess that is what you were saying in the first place. I did not get your original comment without your clarification. My bad.


114 posted on 12/31/2013 6:55:49 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: Zakeet

this ain’t funny anymore, all these people may croak


115 posted on 12/31/2013 7:17:53 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk
this ain’t funny anymore, all these people may croak

They're getting taken out by helicopter in the next day or so. They haven't even come close to running out of cake and ice cream yet.

116 posted on 12/31/2013 7:20:39 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: colorado tanker

“I think wintering over would give them a full appreciation of their “global warming.” “
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Actually it would be “summering over”. This whole thing is becoming so comical—you just can’t make stuff like this up.


117 posted on 12/31/2013 8:29:57 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: yldstrk

this ain’t funny anymore, all these people may croak

For some reason, you reminded me of the old joke:

What do you call a jumbo jet loaded with lawyers that crashes into the sea?
A good start!

But you're right ... this ain't funny anymore ... nope ... sure isn't.

118 posted on 01/01/2014 2:28:07 AM PST by Zakeet (If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists - Friedrich Hayek)
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To: wideawake

You are probably right..


119 posted on 01/01/2014 7:14:34 AM PST by PLD
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Lol. Where is this from?


120 posted on 01/01/2014 8:11:30 AM PST by dhs12345
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