Did You Hear the One About the Warming Scientist That Got Stuck in the Summer Ice of Antarctica?

Posted by Tina

I couldn’t let the year come to an end without mentioning the professor of climate science who set out to find evidence of global warming damage to ice structures that got stuck in the ice. The ordeal apparently began on Christmas day but according to NewsBusters only 25 in 26 stories about this incident included the professors purpose:

Antarctic ice trapped a ship full of scientists on a climate change expedition. Yet, 96 percent of network news reports about the stranded researchers ignored climate change entirely. The ship has been stuck since Christmas morning.

The broadcast networks mostly ignored the reason the Russian ship, Akademic Shokalskiy, was on its way to Antarctica. Twenty-five out of 26 stories (96 percent) on the network morning and evening news shows since Dec. 25 failed to mention climate change had anything to do with the expedition.

In fact, rather than point out the mission of the scientists to find evidence of climate change, the networks often referred to the stranded people as “passengers,” “trackers” and even “tourists,” with no mention of climate change or global warming. Chris Turney, the expedition’s leader, is a professor of climate change at the University of South Wales. According to Turney’s personal website, the purpose of the expedition is to “discover and communicate the environmental changes taking place in the south.”

So far, three rescue attempts have been thwarted by growing levels of sea ice and weather conditions. The passengers are now expected to be airlifted by helicopter, according to The Associated Press. ABC’s “Good Morning America” reported Dec. 30, that “the ice could be as thick as 13 feet.”

These expeditions always occur in summer in order to take advantage of the ship friendlier conditions…and still the growing ice was too much for the ship to navigate. Hmmm…if its this cold and icey in summer….

Before their ship got stuck in ice, the researchers were following the trail of the explorer Douglas Mawson, who was stranded in Anees his piectarctica for more than a year, beginning in December 1912, according to the website about the expedition.

That should have acted as a warning, not only that they might run into trouble, but also that their theory might be just a tad bit faulty and overblown.

This is what happens when you put your faith in worldly ideas.