Gee, let’s not talk to the other people who think maybe, just maybe, this was a bad idea gone even badder? I had to laugh when I saw this on their Facebook page. It reminds me of the days of denial put forth bv that other collection of clowns arctic explorers that were caught out faking biotelemetry readings.
Uh oh, Brits only now. Everybody else is to be excluded. I think that soon, comments to team members on their website and Facebook page might become unmanageable. Obviously, they don’t realize they are on the world wide web.
For those of you just joining us, recall that “Row to the Pole” is in name only, they aren’t actually going to reach the magnetic north pole of today, nor the geographic north pole. And, at the rate they are going, they likely won’t make the magnetic pole of 1996 either.
But hey, it’s a publicity stunt to promote this Scotch Whisky few have heard of, so don’t expect too much.
By the way, has anyone noticed that not once has the team posted any updates on the “the science” they are supposed to be doing on this stunt trip?
The whole thing is sheer poetry.
Row, row, row, your boat, fake it to the pole
Merrily merrilly merrily merrily, ice is but a dream
If they want to keep it British why are they spelling it “skeptic.”
If they are British – does that mean they are rioters, not rowers?
From their support crew bio’s:
Richard James Webster
“is looking to developing his knowledge of a new ecosystem within the support crew”
UH?
Another PhD soon to be printed.
Also he “trains for half Ironmen”, so what’s a half ironman……aluminiumman(atomic number) or siliconman(atomic weight)?
“Playing the waiting game. Hiding out in Napier Bay after encounter with pack ice.”
That pack ice is the Republicans fault. It’s freakin’ August in the Northern Hemisphere. Try the trip in March.
From Robert Morris on August 12, 2011 at 7:41 pm:
Ah yes, that polite reserved demeanor famously displayed during the heyday of the great British Empire. Calmly finish your tea while your assistant polishes your boots and brass then readies your Webley revolver, and perhaps the Lee-Enfield rifle, then you will feel refreshed and be ready to face the marauding hoards of Krauts and/or heathen mongrels who have advanced to within 100 feet of your camp.
Yup, those were the days, which could be a Monty Python sketch, or a bit from Blackadder Goes Forth.
Some of those FB photos pages show more of a male bonding ‘expedition’ than anything.
Like hunting season here, where armatures tend to go in bigger groups and do little actual hunting.
Just can’t imagine the more serious minded doing the naked butt group shot out on an Arctic expedition.
‘Tis a pity that these Pommy fellows were sucked in by the inducement of scotch, as their scientific appreciation is based upon, to quote what’s his name, “Bullshit!” The recent FB response by a Mike Bromley succinctly captures the moment “Stiff upper lip, chaps, the world loves a lost cause.”
These idiots are so stupid they think there are penguins in the Arctic. Look at this video at the 0:17 second mark. Maybe they made the video after drinking a case of that crap they’re promoting? ROTFLMAO
REPLY: I think those are Puffins, not Penguins – Anthony
Frank, I don’t think they’ll go very far in March 8) They might try in September though. Not that it’d get much better.
I think you have misunderstood the “British” comment, you need to be British to understand it 🙂
Gwyneth Paltrow is American (Just because she played a part in the film “Shakespeare in Love” it does not mean she is British, however she is married to Chris Martin so she can now apply to become one).
We have had riots of thieves intent on looting, which has been very sad as many areas in Croydon I knew in my youth have been destroyed 🙁
But lets look on the bright side, we have the olympics next year, we are arresting the looters, all the Pro-AGW crowd are stuck in the ice and … we still have or AAA credit rating 😉
Brits + scotch = the other kind of ‘row’ to the pole!
kadaka;
Ekshully, AleaJactaEst can’t even spell where they (almost) are:
That would be ‘Arctic’ for the eddicated amongst us.
In case you were wondering, that webtag means “the die is cast”, referring to rolling ½ of a pair of dice.
A knacker is someone who dismantles dead animals (now you know). As for the Scotch, quantity is probably more important than quality when it comes to persuading people to do this kind of thing.
Admiration for their courage, and scorn for their expedition, are not mutually exclusive. There haven’t been a lot of Arctic expeditions that went well, at least historically speaking… things go wrong, food goes bad, you eat your dogs and then their harnesses, and finally your shoes…but these guys had all of the most up to date technology telling them that there WAS ice, there WILL CONTINUE to be ice, and even though it looks like they intended to either row or drag the boat, the kind of ice that they are most likely to encounter allows them to do neither. I hope that they freeze their fannies but that they don’t lose toes or noses. I hope that they struggle and make it obvious that the ice is unrelenting and uncaring, but that they get home safely. But most of all, I hope that they learn something… and that they are honest enough to admit it. THAT would take courage.
Will we now refer to “Drunk Man’s Row” in climate statistics analysis? Seems so appropriate.
yet they will somehow declare victory!
but yeah- thanks for my schadenfreude fix. 🙂
“Lets make this an ever so British forum”…..
As a Brit and after the first week it made me thing the full sentence should have been ….
“Lets make this an ever so British forum and start a riot”! It has been embarrassing enough being a Brit abroad during the last week without this bunch of numpty watermelons giving cause to be more ashamed!
I am tempted to go give them an earful but it would be such a waste of time! Let them embarrass themselves with their hopeless venture. Lets hope no one is put in harms way when they start squarking on a radio for help!
This is a disaster in the making.
These bozos should do the right thing and head straight back home.
Their attempt to prove the point that the North Pole –any North Pole- is now navigable by vessels other than giant ice-breakers has failed.
I am split equally between laughter at the absurdity of their endeavour and genuine concern for their safety.
Dear RTTP Team, your publicity stunt has succeeded. The entire world now believes we are headed towards a climate catastrophe by 2100.
While you were away, all of the remaining skeptics converted to the CAGW religion and we have all now decided to drink Old Pulteney to the end of days.
Don’t risk any further your lives and limbs. Come back home to your loved ones before it is too late.
And a knacker is also the singular of what the male has a pair of!
Adam Gallon said on August 12, 2011 at 11:44 pm:
So one has knackers, the other has knockers.
Wow, that’s take careful handwriting to avoid confusion. Also good enunciation when speaking. Too much Old Pulteney would make that difficult, could lead to some brutal bar fights. After which those who were fighting may feel completely knackered!
Not all Brits are this stupid. Honest.
The British way – we drink our whisky neat… No ice! Basic fail I think…
Knackers would be the “Rocky Mountain oysters” that my amused american host watched me eat.
See
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Heroic-Failures-Official-Handbook/dp/0708819087/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313219992&sr=8-1
for Britains long and distinguished history of heroic failures, another for the next reprint!
Sundance
I suggest you look up “puffin”. They occupy a similar ecological niche to penguins but can fly well which is why you see them sitting on a cliff. White underside as in penguins is to disguise them from predators like seals who attack from below while they are in the water. Greenland has nesting sites for North Atlantic Puffin.