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 ...
It’s getting so tragically funny that it can be mocked in one liners on late night TV shows, so the MSM can’t ignore it. They’ll lose out to Leno and Conan O’Brien if they don’t at least do a 30 second piece on it.
The turds will be ice skating....
Best post of the day.
the news media also hides that this was a ship full of global warming scientists out to show how much the ice was melting in Antarctica due to global warming
global warming is a hoax. more ice than ever measured in Antarctica as these morons are finding out
his whole story has made my week!
it’s just so hilarious , and poetic justice!
to think:
1.a ship full of global warming scientists went on a mission to prove global warming is melting ice in Antarctica but got stuck in ICE in Antarctica!
2. it’s a ship full of global warming scammers who have never worked a day in a real job in their lives. the news media hides the mission of this ship
to think a ship full of global warming scientists( scammers and con men really) get stuck in miles of ice in Antarctica. i laugh at these stranded idiots lol
I just love this story .
what a present for the holidays and new year!
I’ve been all over yahoo , other sites just laughing and posting how global warming is a hoax.
for 30 years the news media has been saying that the Ice caps have been melting. In this story the news media HIDE that this ship is full of global warming scientists out to show how the ice is melting in Antarctica. actually there is more ICE in Antarctica than has ever been measured. global warming is a big lie. this shows that we can’t trust what the news media nor what scientists say ever on anything. do your own research on the internet and keep in mind that almost all news and a lot of science coming out is actually political propaganda that is meant to enslave us to government(socialism disguised as news and science as the global warming hoax shows). dumb democrat voters believe all the media lies and instead hate us for saying the truth. it’s the gov and media trying to enslave us and them . we Republicans are just saying the truth which would save freedom and our way of life. but for daring to say our opinion we get attacked viciously as being deniers or racists(both lies)
these scientists were going to do a video similar to this one :here a whole documentary showing how the ice in antarctica is melting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuy6g8UUk28
>> “as the ship is crushed and broken into pieces.” <<
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It’ll happen.
Unless they have steam boilers to allow the ship to melt free and rise, it will get crushed.
Sounds like it may end up a 4 ice breaker fix with our Coast Guard (and wallets) coming to the rescue in about 10 days. They may or may not be able to reach them (they are rated for about 50% thicker ice than the Aussie cutter, which was the best rated to try and fail to date.) I think the Soviet nuclear icebreakers are even more capable (they’ve reached the North Pole.) But I’d never heard of them being used in the Antarctic and hadn’t known why until this thread. I presume China (and France) have ice breakers to support their Antarctic science missions. France has been there for a long time; the Chinese are relative newcomers and may have made a rookie mistake. I wonder her captain is to be blamed or whether political pressure from back home for China to look heroic lead to poor decisions. At least the French and Aussies knew their limits. I have enough faith in our competence that I wouldn’t expect ours to get stuck - even if Obama gave dumb orders they’d interpret them safely.
1: Still no sign of land. How long is it?
2: That’s a rather personal question, sir.
(low voices)
1: You stupid git. I meant how long is it that we’ve been in the lifeboat? You’ve destroyed the atmosphere now.
2: I’m sorry.
1: Shut up. Start again.
1: Still no sign of land. How long is it?
2: 33 days, sir.
1: Thirty-three days?
2: We can’t go on much longer (low voices) I didn’t think I destroyed the atmosphere.
1: Shut up.
2: Well, I don’t think I did.
1: ‘Course you did.
2: (aside, to 3) Did you think I destroyed the atmosphere?
3: Yes I think you did.
1: Shut up. Shut up!
1: Still no sign of land. How long is it?
2: 33 days, sir.
4: Have we started again? (slap)
1: STILL no sign of land. How long is it?
2: 33 days, sir.
1: Thirty-three days?
2: We can’t go on much longer, sir. We haven’t eaten since the fifth day.
5: We’re done for, we’re done for!
1: Shut up, Maudling.
2: We’ve just got to keep hoping. Someone may find us.
6: How we feeling, Captain?
C: Not too good. I...I feel so weak.
2: We can’t hold out much longer.
C: Listen... chaps... there’s still a chance. I’m... done for, I’ve got a gammy leg and I’m going fast; I’ll never get through. But some of you might. So... you’d better eat me.
?: Eat you, sir?
C: Yes. Eat me.
?: Iiuuhh! With a gammy leg?
C: You needn’t eat the leg, Thompson. There’s still plenty of good meat. Look at that arm.
5: It’s not just the leg, sir.
C: What do you mean?
5: Well, sir... it’s just that...
C: Why don’t you want to eat me?
5: I’d rather eat Johnson, sir!
?: So would I, sir.
C: I see.
?: Then that’s decided, everyone’s gonna eat me!
?: Uh, well.
5: What, sir?
?: Go ahead, please, but I won’t -
?: Oh nonsense, sir, you’re starving. Tuck in!
1: No, no, it’s not that.
?: What’s the matter with Johnson, sir?
1: Well, he’s not kosher.
5: That depends how we kill him, sir.
1: Yes, that’s true. But to be perfectly frank I... I like my meat a little more lean. I’d rather eat Hodges.
?: Oh well, all right.
5: I still prefer Johnson.
C: I wish you’d all stop bickering and eat me.
1: Look. I tell you what. Those who want to can eat Johnson. And you, sir, can have my leg. And we make some stock from the Captain, and then we’ll have Johnson cold for supper.
Crew: (cacophonous) Hmm, yes, good idea, excellent thinking, very good, I don’t suppose we could have Hodges in the morning, jolly good idea, etc.
Check out their New years celebration video.
I get a very strong sense that they KNOW they are being laughed at, and are intentionally trying to put on a brave face.
That’s got to be Monty Python.
Indeed it is.
I *KNEW* what I was going to find behind that link. That album has very strong sentimental associations for me. Back in the 90s once in a while I would break away from everyone and everything and go home- or as close to it as I could get given that ‘home’ as I remember it, doesn’t exist anymore.
In my case, it was Mill Valley in Marin County. I used to drive down Throckmorton, Old Mill Park, up Cascade Canyon, up to the Mountain Home Inn and all over with that playing.
Miss it. Going back for a visit as soon as it warms up. Thanks for posting that.
Oh yes. They are trying to hide their fear and despair, but the strain is showing in unguarded moments. They have become a laughing stock and they know it.
i wonder how much food they have left?
there is a video of an expedition that took the same route 100 years ago. and it was a lake no ice . so in 100 years a lot more ice. so ice caps are not melting after all that co2 in 100 years. global warming is the biggest lie ever they use to turn the world into a socialist state and enslave us.
check out these videos for laughs. It's global warming scientists saying the all cities will be flooded soon cause the ice caps are melting especially in antarctica. Earth under water:
Shape and construction of the hull is also a factor. Some hull shapes are pushed more ‘up’ than ‘in’ by ice pressure, but most hull shapes don’t. The ice would beat this one given enough time. Chopper rescue may also be a problem. After all they are stuck just offshore from Mawson’s old base camp. The windiest place on the planet. Where winds averaged 50mph over a whole year and reached 200mph. Oddly Mawson’s expedition brought the first ever airplane to Antarctica. They never were able to get it aloft but did use it some to pull sleds.
What, no comments section?
What a bunch of feather heads, they look like the Berkeley City Council!
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Yep.
These folks are committed lefties.
There is no science their ideology can’t overcome.
If they stay there much longer the polar bears may eat them.
This story just keeps on giving laughs - some of the funniest comments ever on a variety of news forums.
I hope you are joking about the Polar Bears.
Or, maybe you’re trying to Test me ?
From one of the photos I saw, it looked as if the ship was being lifted up by the ice and is listing.
Short of being crushed I’d be surprised if it actually “rolls-over”.
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