UPDATE: 20130717
Legendary Northwest Passage Voyage Coming To An End
Having completed an epic 0% of the Northwest Passage (red line above) our intrepid rowers are blocked by ice and unfavorable winds.
This expedition was made possible by “climate change” through a route which was “once dominated by ice.”
Hiding The Decline
Summer has peaked in the Arctic and the descent towards winter will begin in a few days. Every day this summer has been below normal temperature at the North Pole. This has been the coldest summer on record there.
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29 Responses to Legendary Northwest Passage Voyage Coming To An End
Jimmy Haigh says:
No really. We shouldn’t laugh.Chewer says:
Twisted minds bring a twisted adventure!
The entertainment factor is quite spectacular:)James Anderson says:
The comments on the Guardian are enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon.Gamecock says:
The rowers got their headlines.- I will elaborate. A few days ago, I did some internet searching to see how long it takes to walk across America. I found many stories of people’s plans. Standard headline: “X is going to walk across America to bring attention to Y. He expects it to take Z days.”I found virtually no reports of people actually walking across America. I assume most failed. But those who succeeded raised few headlines.Our rowers have brought attention to the loss of ice in the Arctic [sic]. They have SUCCEEDED. We can hoot and holler, but they got what they set out to get. Headlines.
Fred from Canuckistan says:
Ahhh yes. The Waldo Expedition.So much ice, so little time.Richard Lynch says:
Looks like they are hunkered down, waiting for it to melt or for the wind to start blowing out of the south.- It would be absurd to attempt to continue. They can’t possibly complete the journey and if they proceed will become trapped by ice for the winter sometime in the next eight weeks.
Glacierman says:
Their whole “journey” is absurd.
slimething says:
Where are they getting their food and water from?Latitude says:
they bought hazelnut coffee creamer in Tux….I’m not kidding- Starbucks Hypothesis?
Stephen Richards says:
The grauniad will still hail it as a success by hook or by crook. Mostly crooked.WJohn says:
How useful would a shotgun be against a polar bear? Serious question.- A 12 gauge with 2.75″ / 3/4 Oz. slugs is not a preferred means of defense.
If you hit the bear in any of its large bone structures, the animal will be pissed.
Your best defense is a 10 gauge with 3.5″ slugs (speaking from experience). - I know a guy who killed one with a 22.Depends where you put the bullet.
- I’ve also heard of folks who just annoyed brown bears with .22′s.
.45 Colt, 325gr bullet, ~1300 fps AND someone who runs slower than I
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- Failure is a resume enhancer to a liberal/democrat.
swampsniper says:
If they haven’t started eating their dead they haven’t even tried! It’s gonna make a terrible movie.leftinbrooklyn says:
Heh. Maybe they’ve decided climate change isn’t really that extreme.
- Donald Crowhurst?
- And finally the penny drops for the rowers. “This global warming stuff…..we’ve been had”
phodges says:
Of course not.They are blaming the excess cold and ice on Global Warming…see a few posts down…
Crashex says:
These guys are still early into the first quarter of their game. They now realize that their opponent is bigger, stronger and faster than they had imagined. They’ve been outscored decisively but they are not ready to give up. The spectators all see that the game is lost; they know who will win. But the competitors are steeling themselves to try harder–give it 110%. They will recognize the game is lost at halftime ~Aug 20th. They will finish at Kuglutuk, get a plane out of town and hail themselves as successful record holders for having rowed farther than last years crew.- The weasels are on the move again, and looking for success-:)
- I think they should man up and keep trying. They have a few more weeks to minimum ice
Their dreams of grandeur and total lack of logic has turned their trip into one of eye opening reality.
They realize what it’s like to feel like complete assholes and know they have zero chance of completing the trip.