http://rowtothepole.com/latest-news/
The crew has made the magnificent achievement of rowing 500 miles through Arctic waters. It is normal for Arctic pack ice to retreat each summer. What has become most striking in recent years is the accelerated rate of summer sea ice loss which has made this adventure possible.
What a complete load of crap. The magnetic pole is at 81N. In 1922, people sailed to 81N in ice-free water.
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-11-0589a.pdf
Knowing human nature, they probably hyped it in 1922 also….
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Please zoom in on http://www.rowtothepole.com/satellite-tracking/
It looks like an “S” – maybe they get a “H”, “I” and “T”, too.
Or they have lost their way in the white icy landscape.
1922 – Arctic Ocean becoming too warm for seals. Ice bergs getting scarce. Well known glaciers completely disappeared.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0bVaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AlQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5277,376085&dq=arctic+warming&hl=en
1926 – US Weather Bureau worried about radical changes in the climatic conditions in the Arctic, including unheard of high temperatures. Never before has so little ice been observed.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wKZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UDsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1574,6789241&dq=ice+free+arctic&hl=en
lol, they sledded to 81°N woohoo!!
Looks like they put the boat into the only surface melt pond in site to pose for the picture.
-Scott
lol
Well, the sponsors of this little boondoggle accomplished two things:
1) I did not know about Old Pulteney Whiskey was before this publicity stunt, and
2) I will never buy Old Pulteney Whiskey wherever/whenever I see it.
And that goes for me too.
What do do people like with their Whiskey? Ice! There is plenty of it.
Well, the is some Antarctic whisky I’d like to sample…
http://cbullitt.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/morons-rejoice-shackeltons-single-malt-recovered/
When failure is cause for celebration raise a glass of old Old Pulldacanoe, and toast “Down the hatch boys”.
Well that’s how I would market the whiskey.
That is a total farce, preying on human stupidity and ignorance.
Bah, that’s nothing, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong flew to the Moon to advertize moonshine.
This reminds me of when I was in college and my car ran out of gas. My buddies and I had to row my car to the gas station.
As a gin drinker and rum drinker but mainly a brandy drinker I must say these whisky drinkers have given me a laugh. I’ll stick with the French and their favourite tipple thanks.
Andy
Nice one Steve.
I mentioned your find on a post on the WUWT thread.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/08/26/telegraph-geography-fail/
They went to the North Pole at 90degree N. Your link mentions nothing about the North Pole nor the Magnetic North Pole.
No they didn’t.
No Laz! They went where the magnetic pole was years ago at about 81N. You might want to read this:
http://rowtothepole.com/latest-news/
I apologise, my mistake. But the Magnetic North Pole wasn’t at 81N in 2006. It is more than 82N and moving north. Never the less the link in the post makes NO claim about sailing to any pole in 1922.
Weird attempt at a straw man
“Weird attempt at a straw man”
Are you talking about your own efforts? NO ONE sailed to the Magnetic North Pole in 1922. Isn’t that what your post alludes to?
Do you understand how latitude works?
Do you understand NO ONE sailed to the Magnetic North Pole in 1922. Isn’t that what your post alludes to?
The magnetic pole moves all the time. It is a meaningless concept.
“The magnetic pole moves all the time. It is a meaningless concept.”
It has been moving north since records began. But don’t let inconvenient facts get in the way of your weird attempt at a straw man.