Tuesday, July 16, 2013

TheLastFirst rowers on ARCTIC JOULE blame Global Warming for Cold Weather and Excess Ice

Rowers Blame Global Warming For Cold Weather And Excess Ice

Three weeks ago they announced that they were going to row the Northwest Passage –because global warming made it possible.  Now they say that the trip isn’t possible because it is too cold and there is too much ice, and that global warming is making it too warm there.
Strange weather has defined the year we are told. It’s been colder than usual and the ice has been very slow in going out. Climate change critics may quickly point this out as a damning argument but the reality of climate change is not reflected in specific anomaly but rather in overall trend.
Yes. All the ice melted except that there is more than normal.
The locals in Tuktoyaktuk describe an Arctic that is in profound change.We are told the summer is longer on both ends by at least two weeks. “They shot a grizzly bear at the north end of Banks Island,” explained Billy, a local elder “They saw a wolverine too”.
The elders say that it is really cold, and that it is getting really warm.
We receive a stern warning from our weather router stating unequivocally: “Unwise to move ahead, you are ready for your route but your route is not ready for you.” We immediately tuck into the lee of a sandy spit and access our options.
In other words, their route is blocked with ice.



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What Would You Say To Climate Change Skeptics?

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12 Responses to Rowers Blame Global Warming For Cold Weather And Excess Ice

  1. Eric Barnes says:
    Time for a new captain, Captain Domaas (I beleive that’s pronounced dumbass).
  2. Jimmy Haigh. says:
    Crow on the menu.
  3. Chewer says:
    The team remains delusional and I’m sure their sponsors are proud:)
  4. Billy NZ says:
    Is it correct that this is called the CROW project? Our temps in NZ are 0c and below in the mornings,with highs around 12c where I live. Take a look at the damage from snow in the South Island,with many animal deaths.Can a warmist please explain to me how a degree or two would harm NZ.From here,I wonder why any responsible person would attempt this stupid act.Maybe next year the crew can be mikey, homer Hansen, phil, and the missing heat Trenberth. Of coarse,if they make it,it will be global warming. If they don’t,it will be weather.
  5. Chewer says:
    A good ass kicking is just what the doctor ordered & it’s quite splendid that they’re taking his prescription:)
  6. Streetcred says:
    What have they been doing all of this time ? … rotating on one another’s thumbs ?
  7. QV says:
    These people appear to be totally delusional.
    They have twisted reality so much that they don’t know themselves what is true or false any more.
    “The temperature in Tuk is -1C and there’s a strong Northeasterly wind blowing in the morning. Locals tell us it should be 15-20C at this time of year. “The bugs should be bouncing off your head” explained Eilleen who came down to the beach to visit with us.”
    They say it’s getting warmer but when it is cold they blame it on “climate change”.
    They are going to need some serious deprogramming to get them back to reality.
  8. Andy Oz says:
    The rowing team will probably have a few days downtime provided they get the boat on the shore side of the sand bar. That sea ice might even push over the bar. Best not to take on Mother Arctic when she’s in the mood and she looks like she is.
  9. Otter says:
    Did we lose reggie again? I wanna know how he explains this!
  10. Tel says:
    Ironically, global warming played no small part in undermining the entire expedition. We believed that the greater melting of summer ice would open up large areas of sea and allow us to paddle north at good speed. What we did not fully appreciate was that to the north of us there was a widespread melting of sea ice off the coast of Alaska and the New Siberian Islands and the ice was being pushed south towards us … The evidence of climate change was stark. Fourteen months before I’d sailed north and I’d seen a preponderance of multi-year ice about three metres thick north of Spitsbergen, but this time most of the ice was just a metre thick.
    As quoted on Wikipedia, Lewis Gordon Pugh explaining his coincidentally similar failure, with a rather similar excuse, sometime in 2008.

    July 15th – Still In The Brown Silt Of The McKenzie River
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9 Responses to July 15th – Still In The Brown Silt Of The McKenzie River

  1. Fred from Canuckistan says:
    You can almost smell the Search and Rescue requirement building up.
  2. Turps says:
    Still in the WARM silt of the McKenzie
  3. Andy Oz says:
    I’d be hiding behind one of those sand bars before the ice gets there.
  4. kbray in california says:
    The Iceman Cometh.
    2 doubles on the rocks.
  5. I hope they realize that it may be decades or centuries until they can finish their trip. Hope they brought enough food.
  6. The Doctor says:
    They blog that even though it is -1 Celsius, it SHOULD BE 15-20 degrees and that it still doesn’t disprove GW. Of course if it were sunny and warm they would immediately say GW is to blame.
  7. Chewer says:
    Team Twisted did an update on their web page slamming skeptics handily:)
    7/15/2013
    “Our arrival in Tuktoyaktuk to our departure is less than 24 hours. We rejig the Arctic Joule to work better with our daily routine and resupply on essentials for the next leg of the journey (Hazelnut Coffee Mate being at the top of the list). As with all things, it takes some time to get things right and the journey from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, with all its unexpected delays, proved perfect at flushing things out.
    The temperature in Tuk is -1C and there’s a strong Northeasterly wind blowing in the morning. Locals tell us it should be 15-20C at this time of year. “The bugs should be bouncing off your head” explained Eilleen who came down to the beach to visit with us.
    Strange weather has defined the year we are told. It’s been colder than usual and the ice has been very slow in going out. Climate change critics may quickly point this out as a damning argument but the reality of climate change is not reflected in specific anomaly but rather in overall trend.
    The locals in Tuktoyaktuk describe an Arctic that is in profound change. We are told the summer is longer on both ends by at least two weeks. “They shot a grizzly bear at the north end of Banks Island,” explained Billy, a local elder “They saw a wolverine too”.
    It would appear many species are making their way further north and the residents are noticing. “Killer whales have been spotted in the channel,” continued Billy, “beavers are damming our rivers, hurting the white fish.”
    The words of an elder cuts through the rhetoric of climate skeptics like a scalpel through skin. They know because the(y) live it.
    We head out of Tuk in the evening. The temperature is still cool but the winds are light and the sea gentle. The landscape is low lying in this region, the sky being the scenic canvas. This evening’s display is an arcing sweep of white cotton ball dabs on a baby blue background. Strokes of light, etched seemingly from a from a dry brush sweep radially across the canvas, the source of radiance somewhere beyond the frame.
    We move well for 20 hours, pushing against a light northeasterly but riding tidal currents to our advantage. We receive a stern warning from our weather router stating unequivocally: “Unwise to move ahead, you are ready for your route but your route is not ready for you.” We immediately tuck into the lee of a sandy spit and access our options.
    It would appear that the sea ices not far from us and could be pushed down upon us with these northerly winds. But we need to move as close to the ice edge as possible since we move so slowly and need to be ready to jump when it breaks up. We will maintain forward movement but with heightened caution.
    The winds build as we muse on our dilemma and before long we’re hunkering down in high winds again. The sun is now replaced with an icy fog and there’s nothing to do but wait.
    Sunday brings high cloud and lighter winds and a renewed sense of vigour in the team. We’ll move forward, with a sharp eye for ice.
    - Kevin”
    • squid2112 says:
      Whoever wrote that needs to take a few creative writing classes.
      But that aside, let me get the gist of this. Since beavers are suddenly damning rivers which in turn is somehow hurting their whitefish, we must destroy our worlds economies. Yeah, makes a lot of sense. Or, how about this, go shoot yourself a few of those beavers and problem solved.
      I have stated it before. It makes absolutely no difference to anything whether or not the Arctic melts. It can completely melt away and not a fricken thing is going to happen. Dumbasses…
  8. swampsniper says:
    Are they eating their dead yet? It won’t be a real expedition until that point.

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