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Man to live on melting iceberg for one year to urge climate change action
Tree Hugger ^ | August 23, 2014 | By Kimberley Mok

Posted on 08/23/2014 12:23:20 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

Crazy publicity stunt or stroke of daring genius? We're not sure, but it got our attention. The man pictured above is Alex Bellini, a professional adventurer and motivational speaker who plans to live alone on a melting iceberg off the coast of Greenland for one year, to emphasize the urgent need for climate change action.

This bold one-man campaign comes at a time when a chorus of scientists, organizations and policymakers continue to warn about the accelerating loss of Arctic ice.

Thus, extreme circumstances seem to call for extreme measures, but for this former finance student from northern Italy who has already run 23,000 kilometres (14,291 miles) of marathons, rowed solo across the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans, this new project seems even more extreme.

Starting in spring of 2015, Bellini plans to find a suitable iceberg in the northwest region of Greenland, where he will remain for up to a year as it slowly melts. Provisioned with with 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of dried food, Bellini will shelter in a survival capsule, the Kevlar-reinforced kind used for ocean oil rigs, until it becomes too risky -- at which point he will take to the sea in the capsule, floating adrift until he is rescued. . .

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To: Brad from Tennessee

Won’t his body heat hasten the melting of the iceberg? He should be arrested for global warming crimes.


21 posted on 08/23/2014 12:37:26 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: JRandomFreeper

[If any part of your plan involves getting rescued, it’s a stupid plan.]

Famous last words: “Hey y’all! Watch this!”


22 posted on 08/23/2014 12:38:38 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

List of expanding glaciers

http://www.iceagenow.com/List_of_Expanding_Glaciers.htm


23 posted on 08/23/2014 12:39:19 PM PDT by Mechanicos (When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

His logic for this is it’s own reward...


24 posted on 08/23/2014 12:39:37 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Howdy, neighbor!

25 posted on 08/23/2014 12:40:01 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Speedy Glaciers Trample Multiple Ice-Age Theories

http://www.icr.org/article/8007/


26 posted on 08/23/2014 12:40:37 PM PDT by Mechanicos (When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I hope his berg gets rammed by one of those whale warrior ships.


27 posted on 08/23/2014 12:42:11 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: Slyfox

Throw another tourist on the barbie!

28 posted on 08/23/2014 12:44:32 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: johniegrad

Sponsorship. I just looked him up, and Jeep likes to sponsor his runs etc.


29 posted on 08/23/2014 12:48:55 PM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

What an amazing premise! The floating iceberg floating down in the Gulf Stream WILL MELT! The berg that hit the Titanic was gone by the time it reached the gulf. Duh and duh again. It’s only worked that way since the last ice age ended and certainly not due to any bullshit global warming.

Don’t care if the moron drowns, freezes to death, or is eaten by a shark or whale. One less oxygen thief/CO2 generator to cause problems so I encourage him to be a martyr to his cause.


30 posted on 08/23/2014 12:48:56 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: TigersEye

LOL


31 posted on 08/23/2014 12:49:00 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

This guy needs a girlfriend.


32 posted on 08/23/2014 12:49:46 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Crazy publicity stunt or stroke of daring genius?

Idiot.

33 posted on 08/23/2014 12:50:16 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: corlorde

Thanks for doing the job I wouldn’t do. You’re not Mexican by any chance?


34 posted on 08/23/2014 12:51:04 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Damn! I’d love to live on an iceberg for a year BUT I’VE GOT TO WORK SO I CAN BUY FOOD!!!


35 posted on 08/23/2014 12:51:22 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp! It's my home!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

When icebergs leave a glacier.............they melt. What’s the point?


36 posted on 08/23/2014 12:51:28 PM PDT by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

anyone placing bets on when a sea lion or orca will get him?


37 posted on 08/23/2014 12:53:45 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: Brad from Tennessee

There’s a Hank Johnson joke in there somewhere.


38 posted on 08/23/2014 12:54:13 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: slouper
Fast forward six months, and here is a picture of him.


39 posted on 08/23/2014 12:56:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: johniegrad

Ha, not Mexican, although I’m thinking about flying to Mexico, changing my name to Jorge, sneak back across the border and demand free stuff, if my current circumstances don’t improve.


40 posted on 08/23/2014 12:56:43 PM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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