The Poles Are Not Melting Down

8 Responses to The Poles Are Not Melting Down

1. richard says:

   April 26, 2014 at 4:23 pm

   as long as there are ice breakers being built , 7 being built 9 on the drawing board , Russia building the largest ever built, we know the ice is here for a long time yet.

   Ice breakers don’t come cheap!

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   • Billy Liar says:

     April 26, 2014 at 11:20 pm

     One announced yesterday:

     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27129690?filter=EditorPicks

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2. Mike D says:

   April 26, 2014 at 8:09 pm

   One thing good about that site is the global sea ice area is also on there, though they intentionally present the information in inconsistent formats. Since that site is referenced for the alarmist arctic crap, its easy to just point on the global sea ice extent from the same site. Though they came up with that BS thickness or quality of ice stuff to explain it away. Don’t see any of that anymore because of course the arctic sea ice doesn’t match the claims anymore.

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3. richard says:

   April 27, 2014 at 1:21 pm

   Nope, the ice is here for a long, long time.

   http://www.arctic-info.com/ExpertOpinion/Page/-the-need-for-icebreakers-will-increase-after-the-year-2016-
   “……For this reason, especially in the summer, there has been an increase in the need for icebreakers on the Northern Sea Route”

   http://portal.fma.fi/sivu/www/baltice/BIM_Joint_Annual_2010_2011.pdf
   “According to statistics from the Baltic Sea icebreaking authorities, 10750 vessels
   received assistance from icebreakers this season”

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   • Dave N says:

     April 27, 2014 at 9:43 pm

     Due to increases in traffic.

     The more interesting figures would be increase in traffic vs icebreakers needed.

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     • Morgan says:

       April 27, 2014 at 10:49 pm

       Increase in traffic would reduce the need for ice breakers.

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4. richard says:

   April 27, 2014 at 1:27 pm

   check this for bad reporting.

   http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/27/us-shipping-coal-arctic-idUSBRE98Q0K720130927

   “A large freighter completed a voyage through the hazardous Arctic Northwest Passage for the first time this week”

   now just a quick check –

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Manhattan_(1962)
   SS Manhattan was an oil tanker constructed at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts that became the first commercial ship to cross the Northwest Passage in 1969

   And they wonder why we do not believe a word they say.

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5. Send Al to the Pole says:

   April 27, 2014 at 7:17 pm

   The local weatherman…who is a john cook fan, is publishing reports of record low ice levels…. right now. He doesn’t include a comments section probably because he knows what kind of response he’ll get.

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