About that global warming - Antarctic ice UPDATE
On Christmas day (two days ago)
I posted about a Russian ship stuck in the Antarctic ice -- they were dispatching an icebreaker to free it.
From
CNN:
Only at the South Pole: Icebreaker also stuck -- in ice -- heading for stranded ship
South Pole weather has stymied a rescue by a Chinese icebreaker trying to reach an expedition vessel trapped for the past four days in frozen seas, a ship officer told CNN Friday.
The Chinese icebreaker Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, was just six nautical miles away from the rescue, but now it's stuck in an Antarctica ice floe, too.
The Chinese crew is hoping a French icebreaker 14 nautical miles away will arrive and offer relief, said Zhu Li, chief officer of the Chinese ship.
But it's likely the French vessel Astrolabe will also be slowed by the polar cap's extreme frigidity, Zhu said.
Those two icebreakers -- plus a third, from Australia -- were battling the planet's coldest environment in trying to reach the stranded Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, whose 74 researchers, crew and tourists remained in good condition despite being at a frozen standstill since Monday.
Reminds me of that fun song by Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans:
Posted by DaveH at December 27, 2013 8:24 PM