Howdy, neighbor!
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. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at treehugger.com ...
Won’t his body heat hasten the melting of the iceberg? He should be arrested for global warming crimes.
[If any part of your plan involves getting rescued, it’s a stupid plan.]
Famous last words: “Hey y’all! Watch this!”
His logic for this is it’s own reward...
Howdy, neighbor!
I hope his berg gets rammed by one of those whale warrior ships.
Throw another tourist on the barbie!
Sponsorship. I just looked him up, and Jeep likes to sponsor his runs etc.
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.
LOL
This guy needs a girlfriend.
Idiot.
Thanks for doing the job I wouldn’t do. You’re not Mexican by any chance?
Damn! I’d love to live on an iceberg for a year BUT I’VE GOT TO WORK SO I CAN BUY FOOD!!!
When icebergs leave a glacier.............they melt. What’s the point?
anyone placing bets on when a sea lion or orca will get him?
There’s a Hank Johnson joke in there somewhere.
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.
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