It's a shame really. They never found his body...
...But they did find his duck.
Posted on 08/12/2020 9:21:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Konrad Steffen, director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), was working near Ilulissat on Saturday when he was reported missing, police said.
A rescue operation was launched, but ultimately abandoned without the 68-year-old researcher’s body being found.
“We have found signs that the person fell through a crack in the glacier,” police spokesman Brian Thomsen told local newspaper Sermitsiaq.
“An accident has probably occurred and it is highly probable that the person in question has passed away,” Thomsen added.
Fellow scientist Kathy Riklin said it seemed a snow bridge had collapsed under Steffen, causing him to plummet into the crevasse, Agence France-Presse reported.
The tragic accident occurred less than a mile from the research station Steffen established in 1990 — known as “Swiss Camp” — where he made an annual expedition
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Great line!
Good chuckle.
Oopsie!!
Good to know that gravity still works.
Well, if he was correct, the ice will melt so fast,...
It's a shame really. They never found his body...
...But they did find his duck.
Probably??? Wait a minute. You mean not even the science of his status on this mortal coil is settled?
Is there NOTHING these people can decide on for certain? Sheesh. I'd hate to go out to dinner with one of these people. I'd die of old age before they could make a decision on whether or not they wanted an appetizer.
KARMA!
Just like when the Global Warmists get trapped in Sea Ice while trying to prove all the ice has melted.
But a longer lasting lesson.
The rebellion of Korah
Regards,
I believe lots of dead folks are in crevasses on k2 and mount everest. Never be found...until more global warming...still a tragedy...even if one disagrees with his beliefs...
How about that early turnaround for adding icepack to Greenland in August!
https://electroverse.net/greenland-gains-a-record-smashing-4-gts-of-snow-and-ice/
Doh!
Stupid climate!!!
“I would have thought that the “Buddy System” would have been mandatory in such an environment.”
Yeah, could have gotten rid of two envirowhacko’s for the price of one.
This must be Fake News because we all knoe that the glaciers have disappeared.
Well, at least he died doing what he loved...(ducking)
Sadly this put his career on ice.
Oops? What do you mean oops?
Hope he didn’t suffer. RIP.
In 10.23 years they can go back and find him for a sky burial (or burn his remains with some rubber tires).
I suppose he died doing what he loved. Whatever.
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