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
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So this expedition will end in failure will it?
The BBC are folowing this expedition (BBC camera crew followed in support boat)
“Arctic ‘Row to the Pole’ highlights ice cap melting”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-14464305
“Welcome to Rowing The Arctic”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/rowing_the_arctic/
Assuming they do not get iced in and have to be rescued, then even if they have to turn back the story wil be the team made it further north than ever before. The melting is unprecedented etc, etc.
LOL – they’ve started removing skeptics comments – maybe gavin has started advising them?
knackers are goolies; what else could they be?
The BBC can not resist it. Any chance to promote AGW and they will jump at it. You can be sure there will not be an Arctic Row trapped by ice fields headline.
“Arctic ‘Row to the Pole’ highlights ice cap melting”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-14464305
Considering I have just come back from a whisky tasting trip to various Speyside and Highland malt whisky distilleries (didn’t get as far north as Old Pulteney) and, of course, now that I consider myself an expert in the field, and being of a scientific bent so therefore not wishing to rely on argumentum ad verecundiam, and anyway being a wee bit short of the amber stuff, I popped out and got a bottle and I can now report back that it’s not bad at all.
As far as the expedition is concerned I agree it’s not serious, will be great fun for the guys on it and it achieved at least one more sale of a bottle of the sponsor’s wares.
Also, if the expedition does have to be aborted because of the lack of clear water, it will bring attention to the possibility that the Arctic may not after all be ice-free any time soon.
LJ Hills & Sundance
Those birds are almost certainly Guillemots or, as they are known in the US/Canada: Thin Billed Murres(q.v.)
Those people rowing towards a supposedly ice free Magnetic Pole remind of the Sex Maniac who broke into McVities Biscuit Factory…..
AleaJactaEst says:
August 12, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Anthony,
Best not to be so disparaging about an expedition that perhaps has been infiltrated by warmistas. And careful about the Brits, plenty of us browse these pages.
Row To The Pole Facebook page has certainly been infested by Artic ice free imaginaries but this should not deflect from what is a noble, genuine and very British thing (ultimately stupid as most British attempts are) – an artic expedition. Sponsored, not by a largely unknown single malt Scotch Whisky, but, as Old Pulteney is,, a well known and pretty good dram.
Fair do’s here. The guys on the boat are obviously honest Joe’s working hard to try to achieve a milestone in their lives. Shame that they are possibly unaware or complicit in the propaganda that surrounds their effort. And shame on those who are pinning such politics on these efforts remotely.
OK, let’s count the stupid remarks.
1. “Perhaps” infiltrated by warmistas
2. Careful about the Brits (WHY?)
3. …is a noble, genuine and very British thing
4. The guys on the boat are obviously honest Joe’s working hard
5. …they are possibly unaware or complicit in the propaganda
6. And shame on those who are pinning such politics on these efforts
Possibly the most astronomically stupid post (on so many levels) I have ever read on WUWT.
First we have the idea of skeptics selling out to big oil.
Next we have the idea of the consensus selling out to big green.
Now we have the idea of amateur arctic ice melt promoters selling out to big whiskey.
What will we have next? Educators who are selling out to just about anybody? Oh, wait . . . UEA, PSU . . .
John
It looks more and more like “Whisky on the rocks”. Skol, cheers!
Someone should tell them that they row into the wrong direction. http://www.rowtothepole.com/satellite-tracking/
I guess there is too much ice for the whisky floating along. That’s why they can’t get into the open(?) sea.
As for the Brits on here apologizing for these overgrown boys and their neat survivalist toys – not necessary as this canuck sees it, we’ve loads of our own eco nuts to cause us to cringe – current one wants to rid the whole globe from the bad human population asap – him we should watch much closer, imho.
Old Pulteney, mouthwash for [snip – obscene ~jove, mod]. Talk about the emperor penguins new suit
While I know this expedition is a publicity stunt, with AGW overtones, and it’s great that they are at least making an effort to accomplish something, when looking at their website and reading their updates, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that these guys really didn’t have a clue as to what they were getting into. And what generally happens when people go into hazardous environments without proper knowledge, planning, training or equipment, disaster strikes. They might get lucky, the winds might shift the ice out of their way and they could get open water. But they could also get weathered in and find themselves in a situation where rescue was impossible. As to deleting skeptic comments, that’s stupid. Maybe, just maybe, given enough negative comments, they’d get the idea that what they are doing could be hazardous to their health. And maybe they’d pack it in before the casualties begin.
I thought they were supposed to be ROWING to the pole.
Note liberal use of large OUTBOARD MOTOR in this video.
Or is this some other expedition?
REPLY: this is the support boat for the expedition, which turned back to base a few days ago – Anhtony
Dear, dear me, has it really come to this?
Cold conditions freeze what few brain cells they were in possession of in the first place, BTW luv the shorts…………. and spirits – perfect for the Arctic – good combo mate!?
Well, I’m British.
I’m also (mostly) quite polite.
Silly buggers.
Not saying I wouldn’t have done it too for the free whisky, mind.
That’s great work! Hollyweird liberals deserve ridicule. She is definitely no rocket scientist either.
So she says. But like Madonna she sometimes flaps her lips with an English accent. Perhaps she is just acting (which would be a first).
Everyone knows that there is only one true whiskey … Jack Daniel’s of course!
/SomeSarc!
Disasters always lay ahead in the future.
And if your first prediction does not seem to be valid you lay it a bit further away in the future.
If I check their website they claim:”The poles could be icefree within 30 year”.
I thought that was 2015 initialy acoording to Al Gore.
They will get there , eventually.
@Sundance:
That pinguin thing is hilarious.
Now they can be the first ones to proof that polar bears DO eat pinguins.
Harry
LOL, I have just been comparing their proposed route: http://www.rowtothepole.com/the-expedition/the-route/
with their actual route so far: http://www.rowtothepole.com/satellite-tracking/
As usual with the CAGW herd, there is a cavernous gulf between what they Believe and reality.
They can plug their ears all they want, but reality will win in the end. It always does.
Let’s make this an all Brit thing…uh right we could also include the Canadian Coast Guard and Search and Rescue… Ah right sir … And whiskey drinkers around the world.
For “knackers” read “nadgers”.
David UK – I suspect an essay into irony, don’t you think?
From their “message the crew” page. Irrelevant satellite images! A statement about about the planning or lack of?
Mick.
David, UK – given your reaction to AleaJactaEst, I do not think you’re from the UK.
whiskey on ice
I really don’t understand why these types of expeditions need to be so . . . primitive. Kayaking, walking, rowing. If they assume they will have open water, why not use a powered boat? If they are in water, and then on ice, why not use an amphibious craft? I just don’t get it, so I must be a little dense.