Irony upon irony.
A global warming pilgrimage deserted by their gods.
A climate change opportunist named Turney,
Was the tour guide for an Antarctic journey,
He trapped in the Ice his environmental tourists,
and diverse other journalists and warmists,
For the ice had little time for his dumb theory.
The Antarctic saga continues.
A fossil fuelled cruise ship trapped by heretical Antarctic ice, waiting to be rescued by other fossil fuelled ice breakers or even fossil fuelled aircraft!
Who will pay – I wonder – for the rescue of these pilgrims of the global warming religion?
The Players:
- Chris Turney – Professor (High Priest) of Climate Change – The senior charlatan/tour guide
- Alok Jha, science correspondent of the Guardian – a freeloader
- Andrew Luck-Baker, Senior producer, BBC Radio Science Unit – along for the ride
- Laurence Topham, a video and interactive producer for the Guardian – also a freeloader
- MV Akademik Shokalskiy, the ship chartered to Aurora Expeditions
- Aurora Expeditions, a package tour – for profit – operator
- Greg Mortimer, owner of Aurora Expeditions, an adventurer
BBC: Antarctic ship: New bid to free vessel trapped in ice
An Australian vessel is en route to East Antarctica in a renewed bid to free a scientific mission ship trapped in dense pack ice since Tuesday.
Earlier rescue attempts by Chinese and French icebreakers were foiled by the thick ice.
However, a BBC correspondent on the Russian research vessel says big cracks have appeared, raising hopes that it may even be able to move on its own.
Seventy-four scientists, tourists and crew are on the Academician Shokalskiy.
The Guardian: Icebound Antarctic passengers face air rescue if ship cannot reach them soon
The arriving icebreaker Aurora Australis is the last chance to open up a passage to open water for Akademik Shokalskiy.
Passengers aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy, the ship stuck in ice off the coast of Antarctica since Christmas Day, were told on Sunday morning they would have to be evacuated by air if icebreaker ships could not get to them within 48 hours.
The Russian-operated ship has about 50 passengers – including scientists and paying members of the public – and 20 crew on board. It became stuck in the ice near Cape de la Motte in east Antarctica, abouit 1,500 nautical miles from Hobart in Tasmania, after strong blizzards hit the vessel on Christmas Eve. Surrounding pack ice was pushed by strong winds against the Antarctic landmass, pinning the Shokalskiy in place.
On Friday, the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long tried to battle through the thick ice towards the Shokalskiy but had to turn back after 12 hours and within 8.5 nautical miles of the Russian vessel, because the going was too difficult. The Aurora Australis will arrive at the edge of the sea ice, which is about 20 nautical miles from the Russian ship, in the early hours of Monday local time (about 1pm Sunday GMT).
“What we’re depending on is the extra grunt of the Aurora Australis,” said Greg Mortimer, co-leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), which has chartered the ship. “It’s a more traditional icebreaker hull, which is like a bathtub with a big engine inside it – it can push over the ice and lay down on top and work its way like that.”
Tourists pretending to be scientists (image BBC)
Tags: Akademik Shokalskiy, Alok Jha, Andrew Luck-Baker, Antarctic, Aurora Expeditions, Chris Turney, Greg Mortimer, Laurence Topham
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