Ship of Fools II: Green Arctic Expedition Frustrated by Large Quantities of Ice

breitbart.com ^ | 9/1/2016 | James Delingpole

[pfflier]

It was supposed to be gone by now. You are looking at gloom and doom V3.0.

[rockinqsranch]

Liberals seem to have this thing about repeating stupid over, and over to get a different result.

[Pollard]

If they really want to learn what has the largest effect on climate, they should take a trip to the sun. Elton Musk’s rocket just exploded on the pad this morning so odds are, the next one won’t. They could take that.

[5th MEB]

Nah; sarcasm is an art, and you seem to have a pretty good brush.

[az_gila]

They are not the only ones. Crystal Cruises “Serenity” is, right now, in the Beaufort Sea above Alaska. It left Seward, Alaska 2 weeks ago and plans to be in New York City on Sept.16th. The 32 day passage through the Northwest Passage is hardly going to be roughing it as this deluxe ship is quite posh(*)! The thing that I do wonder about is if the outdoor pool and spas are getting much use?

While the special preparations for the trip include systems to detect ice, two Canadian ice pilots and an escort ship in case of trouble, some skeptics and conservationist criticize this effort. With up to 1,600 passengers, an emergency evacuation would be a nightmare even with a required $50k insurance on each passenger. The conservationist decry the voyage as being harmful to the delicate environment that the passengers signed up to see!

Lets see if this mild gamble pays off. FYI: (*) Posh was (apocryphal) an acronym for the best accommodations on round trips from England to India [Port Out, Staboard Back] to stay in the shade. With a west-east transit through the Arctic, I wonder if the sunnier, starboard cabins went first?

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A neighbor is on this cruise.

The Crystal Serenity location is mapped here -

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=C6SY3

And bridge webcams are here -

http://www.kroooz-cams.com/serenity/serenity1.php

Right now you can see the Ernest Shackleton Antarctic ice breaker (the escort ship referenced above) just ahead of it in clear water.

It looks pretty ice free, but it is the peak of the ice free period and there are even freighters delivering stuff to the remote hamlets around the Canadian Nunavut area. The ship passed Barrow AK and I believe that is almost always ice free for a few months in summer.

A smaller French cruise ship is doing the same as the Crystal Serenity but in the opposite direction -

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=FLTU

Zoom on this map to see the Greenland area cruises -

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/cruiseships.phtml

[Delta 21]

They will get iced in and require assistance by an ice breaker and an International multi million dollar expenditure before its over.

Remember 6 months ago on the other end of the planet?

[B4Ranch]

I think that statement would get you hired as Hillary’s Press Secretary.

[CyberAnt]

and .. the LEFT is salivating over it already.

Too bad .. we already know they’re a bunch of FOOLS.

Good grief .. when you base climate on computer models which have already been tainted .. you’re bound to get NONE OF THE THINGS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS SAID WILL HAPPEN.

[Chode]

it helps when you have a nuclear powered ice breaker leading the way

[editor-surveyor]

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Their boat will become a permanent landmark on an iceberg that congeals around it, just like the Russian “research” ship that got crushed in the Antarctic ocean.
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[SamAdams76]

[UCANSEE2]

People are starving in Venezuela, and these rich liberals waste money taking a trip to the North Pole to see if there is ICE ?????

[Rebelbase]

The Franklin Expedition had the same problem.

That guy has got great teeth for a 19th century Brit!