Posted on 03/04/2010 1:25:08 PM PST by naturalized
Thirty to 40 ships -- including several passenger ships -- were stuck Thursday in ice off the coast of Sweden, said a spokesman for the Maritime Search and Rescue Center in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The area of the Baltic Sea worst hit by the ice were the waters bounded by mainland Sweden, the Stockholm archipelago and the Finnish island of Aland, said Tommy Gardebring, press officer with the Swedish Maritime Administration.
Several passenger vessels from Viking Line were stuck, he said. One of them had been freed.
"It has been a lot colder than normal in the southern parts of the Baltic sea, but in the north all is normal with normal levels of ice," Gardebring said.
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Polar bear surf ‘n turf: seal and cruse ship passenger.
You get an LOL a tee hee hee and a giggle for that one! Thanks - I needed that! ;-)
There are daily, overnight ferries between Turku and Helsinki in Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. I’ve take them many times since 1973. They carry vehicles as well as passengers. The ships are replaced every few years and the replacement is always larger. Silja Lines and Viking are the 2 companies and their ships travel together.
According to Al, all this ice is due to moisture, which is a sign of global warming.
“Passenger Ships Stuck in Ice Off Sweden”
Clearly global warming. I mean, who has ever heard of ice in Sweden?
(sarcasm)
That would be fun to know ;-)
See, it all depends upon what your definition of “is” is.
That would be so sweet...
Teehee
my better half is Swedish...she is laughing at the insanity of the following...
the biggest ice breaker (odin) in Sweden is where...breaking ice in Antarctica..
you gotta love this global warming
They should just wait a while. Algore says that global warming is coming.
In the Northern Hemisphere, we call that “Summer”.
How can this be? All the ice has melted. The ship musta hit a struggling, non-swimming, polar bear.
post of the day!
Anyone have any idea why my Gary Larson Polar Bear comic got pulled? Is there a ban on Gary Larson? I’ve posted that same cartoon a few times.
I'm not sure how that much ice sneaks up on you.
So a moist, cold world is warmer, Mr. Gore?
My brain hurts!
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