Y2Kyoto: Franklin Expedition – The Next Generation

In the end, our intrepid Arctic explorers did not resort to cannibalism;

According to the Catlin website, the team plans to leave the Arctic later this week. I believe that they have done a fantastic job educating the public about the Arctic. Their mission has been followed breathlessly by BBC and Guardian reporters, who previously believed that the Arctic had melted and become a place for sunbathing.
Following the daily reports of ice, cold, frostbite, hypothermia, pain and general misery being endured by the team – even the most daft newspaper reporter must be aware now that the Arctic is a very cold and icy place.
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This education for the public on the enduring cold of the Arctic is not marred by the fact that they failed to deliver on many early promises, including reaching the North Pole. Maybe this is why the press is pretty much ignoring them now, with only 14 hits in a Google News search for “Catlin Arctic Ice Survey”.

Oh well. There’s always next time.

28 Replies to “Y2Kyoto: Franklin Expedition – The Next Generation”

And there will be….science is only settled when “the right answer” is acheived.

Heh. The funniest thing of this whole thing (and there has been several, remember that dimwit who tried to kayak to the north pole and had to be rescued?) is that they are so unaware of the amusement they are providing to those that aren’t leftard fools.
I put it up there with arch-commie sean penn’s adulation (and unwatched movie) on some leftard who decided to “go back to nature.” In Alaska. He died and is now back to nature – as fertilizer. Penn thought the Darwin Award Winner was a hero.
It’s funny, you hear about the Darwin Award winners but do you know that there was a Brit soldier who won a VC in Iraq? The dim idolise fools while hating real heroes when they aren’t ignoring them.

I don’t this this outcome is what Prince Charles had in mind when he said: “For the sake of our children and grandchildren, I pray that we will heed the findings of the Catlin Arctic Survey, and I can only commend this remarkably important project to you.”
But like the intrepid Catlin trekkers who went in search of evidence to support their conclusion that the Arctic was melting, Prince Charles obviously rated the importance of this stunt at the outset of the expedition, having already concluded what the findings would be. Jeez warmies are such a bunch of dolts.

JMD
Speaking of dim leftards, prince charley may be the best PR for a republic since Henry VIII.
If the Queen represents the best of her generation her son represents the worst failing of her generation to raise adults rather than grown up children.
Charlie, it goes without saying, represents the very worst of his generation. So did his first wife.
Harry seems like he has the right stuff though and hates the media to boot.

Tours of the Arctic should be organized and teams of eco tourists will come and pay homage to the cold. If these misguided fools want to freeze appendages and suffer hypothermia, I say they should pay the big bucks and enjoy themselves, while they wait for Global Warming. There is a reason Mexico and Hawaii are popular destination spots.

When Franklin’s men abandoned ship after his death they loaded up their sleds with expensive china, cutlery, and other things useless in the quest for survival. One theory goes that they were a little crazy due to the use of lead seals in their canned food.
What’s the Caitlin Expedition’s excuse?

“Following the daily reports of ice, cold, frostbite, hypothermia, pain and general misery being endured by the team ”
Didn’t know you could dogsled across Edmonton In February.
Go figure.

One theory goes that they were a little crazy due to the use of lead seals in their canned food.
They also were raised in an England where the roofs of houses were covered in sheets of lead and they drank the water from rain barrels.
As the song goes, “Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.”…or is it stray out in the land of the midnight sun?

why oh why didn’t one of those starving polar bears make a visit.
My god that would have been too much to sak for, just a little nip, or a clawing.

“Didn’t know you could dogsled across Edmonton In February.”
We’re expecting snow on Thursday here in S’Toon.

Awwwh, yes. Sending the believers, including innocent school children, to check out the Arctic Beach scene.
Multiply the Caitlin nonsense by 3 orders of magnitude. It’s what happens when people rely on the media for all their information.
Hey Prince – a suggestion. sda as your home page. Get with the program.

To add insult to injury, a group of international scientists were able to survey a much larger area in very little time, using an airplane earlier this year. They found that the ice was twice the depth than expected.

I guess that makes Charles th: Fresh Prince of Hot Air

How many times do these foolish show expeditions have to fail before they realize they are not helping their cause?
Kayaking to the pole. – Failed
Cruise Ship to NW Passage – Stuck in Ice
Caitlan Survey of thin Ice – Failed
Carbon Free Atlantic Crossing – Rescued by Oil Tanker
The list goes on…

Anyone who gets all their “news” from our Democrat media thinks that the Arctic only has a thin layer of ice, if any, and the polar bears are mostly gone. Any evidence to the contrary is carefully screened out by the layers and layers of fact checkers.

Post by: Mike Kelley at May 12, 2009 2:24 PM
Well said Mike.

too bad they didn’t die. they are taking up valuable space and are very stupid.

Liberal vs nature. Ahh, the image always brings tears to my eyes (plus the ache in my side from the uncontrolled laughter).

Ah, liberal vs nature. The image always brings tears to my eyes — in addition to the ache in my side from uncontrolled laughter!

I’ve been wondering when they’d turn up in the news again.
And the MSMers are still promoting the fools.
Stupidest people in the world.

An old Turboprop modified Douglas DC-3 accomplished what the Caitlin crew claimed as their goal, but the plane did it in a little over a day at much less total cost. Gas turbines get the job done.
And I’m told the aircraft found the ice to be much thicker than expected. Imagine that!

Here in southern Alberta on May 12 we are having another bugger of a snowfall, calves are getting sick and it is cold. These fools have equally as stupid fools that part with someones money to sponser this kind of bull, the idiots in the MSM along with prince Charley of Dumbo Ears have no idea about the real world, this recession has not been painful enough yet, when there are still people stupid enough to follow this drivel.

It’s the lack of sunspots that is making it so cold. It’s even cold here in Vancouver though no snow of course.

Fame like cat litter, is fleeting in its usefullness.

Warwick said .. do you know that there was a Brit soldier who won a VC in Iraq? The dim idolise fools while hating real heroes when they aren’t ignoring them.”
Actually, a New Zealand SAS corporal and an Australian SAS trooper have both won the VC in Afganistan. Canada cannot be too far behind.

These idiots finally figured out a part of it today, they told the CBC that ice melts in the summer.
And yet they still cling to the lie of the 1 year ice being too thin when real scientists radar surveyed the ice cap from an aircraft recently finding the ice over twice as thick as predicted.