◼ True believers on ice - Boston Herald/Editorial (Image source: Sydney Morning Herald - includes video)
A ship trapped in ice near Antarctica once would have been a matter for worry. Today you have to at least smile at the plight of the Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped with a passenger list of tourists and scientists trying to confirm that Antarctic ice is shrinking. Ah, the irony is rich....
All’s well that ends well, eh? Well, there are a few details to clean up.
Who pays for the rescue? The trip organizer, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, has no budget for it.
How did the ship get into trouble? Did nobody check what weather forecasts were available? Track what satellite pictures of the ice showed?
Was nobody aware that Antarctic ice has been setting records? A few minutes with Google would show that peak sea ice near Antarctica in 2012 was the most since records began in 1978, and that peak was surpassed in September of 2013.
◼ Global warming releases S.S. Irony and rescue ship from Antarctic ice trap - Doug Powers/Michelle Malkin
Several days ago, Anthony Watts nailed the approximate day the ships might be released from the ice...
