Yet another greenie expedition to the Arctic to raise awareness of ‘global warming’ has been scuppered by unexpectedly large quantities of ice.
This brings to a total of six the number of Ship of Fools expeditions where weather reality has made a mockery of climate theory.
According to Maritime Bulletin:
Arctic tours ship MS MALMO with 16 passengers on board got stuck in ice on Sep 3 off Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
The ship is on Arctic tour with Climate Change documentary film team, and tourists, concerned with Climate Change and melting Arctic ice.
All 16 Climate Change warriors were evacuated by helicopter in challenging conditions, all are safe. 7 crew remains on board, waiting for Coast Guard ship assistance.
The reporter, Erofey Schkvarkin clearly has a sense of humor. He adds:
Something is very wrong with Arctic ice, instead of melting as ordered by UN/IPCC, it captured the ship with Climate Change Warriors.
It appears the mainstream media has failed to get the memo. Here is a tweet from Reuters which appeared after the ship got stuck in ice. (h/t Stewgreen)
The town of Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost — and the fastest-warming — town in the world, where glaciers melt, coffins rise from permafrost and avalanches sweep away houses. More dispatches from a climate-change frontier: https://t.co/0WKOphZuzv @hannahmckay88 pic.twitter.com/DwXmTLw3SV
— Reuters Pictures (@reuterspictures) September 7, 2019
Here is another hysterical story about Longyearbyen that was written by the Guardian earlier in the year – with a correction that puts the nonsense in context.
Longyearbyen 1908… No snow. pic.twitter.com/gjvMLm3iV2
— Patp (@patp1222) September 8, 2019
Here is the Ship of Fools list of shame
Ship of Fools 1: Australian climate researcher Chris Turkey and a crew of climate alarmists on a mission to demonstrate just how much Antarctic ice has been affected by global warming get stuck in unexpectedly thick ice and have to be rescued by helicopter.
Ship of Fools II: Arctic expedition led by veteran explorer David Hempleman-Adams to raise awareness of “permanent irreversible change in the sea ice landscape of the Arctic” caused by global warming is ruined by unexpectedly large quantities of ice.
Ship of Fools III: Global warming research study in Canada canceled because of ice. “It became clear to me very quickly that these weren’t just heavy ice conditions, these were unprecedented ice conditions” claims the lead scientist, blaming it on “climate change fully in action” and calling it “a wake-up call for all of us in this country.”
Ship of Fools IV: Arctic Mission sailing expedition to the North Pole to raise awareness of global warming has to turn back after yachts find their passage blocked by large quantities of an unexpected frozen white substance.
Ship of Fools V: Scientists, students, filmmakers from University of Rhode Island’s Inner Space Center on a mission to “document climate change effects” in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago have to be rescued after the ship is damaged after grounding on unexpected hard, bluey-white substance floating on the sea.
Do you think someone up there is trying to tell these people something?
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This is funny realy realy funny and a moment of humiliation for the Climate Alarmists and notice the name of the first researcher Chris Turkey he sure lives up to his family namesake
Yes, these are all signs from God
I think they should conduct regularly scheduled cruises to the Arctic seas for Global Warming Alarmist to raise awareness to the cause.
Maybe it should start with Greta sailing up there to show everyone the iceless Arctic.
I loved “Ship of Fools III” where the “climate scientist fool” blamed “climate change” for the unexpectedly abundant ice.
I can see where the paying passengers would want to push on as far as possible towards the Pole. What I can’t see, it why the ships Captains would do so. Satellites in polar orbits monitor the ice constantly and this information is available by wireless to ships at sea. No competent licensed Captain would deliberately put his ship and all on-board it into a potentially dangerous situation.
So, money – or the skippers themselves are ardent ‘warmists’? Either way, they should receive some sort of reprimand.
Wonderful article. I work often in that area, and good sea captains never go there summer or winter without specialized ice breakers, but in standard ships stay along the coastline as much as possible.
The article is very well written.
great article…. won’t appear in any mainstream news outlet. Thanks…. keep up the good work….
If Al Gore hadn’t launched the internet none of this ship of fools article would appear .
Who picked up the cost of the rescue operation ?
Next time give it the ill fated climate warriors the Franklin treatment . Walk out ….IF you can .
Lets see diesel ship and what… a kerosene burning helicopter ride .
That’s right screw fossil fuels .
At least from what we know there was no Cannibalism . No Swedish meat balls served up .
With navigation and weather so precise you have to be pathetic to get stuck .
Another ice free arctic summer prediction up in smoke . …but but it will
happen some day no doubt . !! years till the earth ends so they better hurry .
After five ships of climate activists had been stranded in the ice, I would have thought these people would have learned. However, as many have been saying, it is like a religion. They think that are right and nothing is going to change that.
Mother Nature has a sense of humor