9.30am AEDT Saturday 04 January 2014
Aurora Australis released from tasking in Antarctica
Xue Long’s attempt to manoeuvre through the ice early this morning was unsuccessful. Xue Long has confirmed to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) it is beset by ice.
The Master of Xue Long has confirmed to AMSA that the ship is safe, it is not in distress and does not require assistance at this time. There is no immediate danger to personnel on board the Xue Long. The Xue Long has advised AMSA it has food supplies for several weeks. The Aurora Australis was placed on standby by AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre Australia (RCC Australia) last night to remain in open water in the area as a precautionary measure.
The Masters of both Akademik Shokalskiy and Xue Long agree that further assistance from Aurora Australis is no longer required and they will be able to provide mutual support to each other. The Aurora Australis has been released from search and rescue tasking by RCC Australia early this morning and continues to make its passage to the Casey base to complete a resupply. It will then continue to Hobart. RCC Australia will maintain regular contact with the Xue Long and Akademik Shokalskiy.
“….Let’s be clear. Us becoming locked in ice was not caused by climate change. Instead it seems to have been an aftershock of the arrival of iceberg B09B which triggered a massive reconfiguration of sea ice in the area…..”
http://www.theguardian.com/science/antarctica-live/2014/jan/04/antarctic-expedition-was-worth-it-chris-turney
I thought a few days ago he was saying global warming caused more low salinity melt water which remained afloat and froze quicker than the heavier sea water.
Now he’s changes his story to “weather’s only climate when we say it is”.
Re: “expiation”
Maybe Our Heroes should consider rebranding/upgrading/uplifting their corporate identity. “Spirit of Mawson” does not seem to cut the ice with the sk/ceptics any longer. Also makes you think that the whole of their preparatory research consisted in looking up the meanig of “spirits” in the dictionary. And hitting on the wrong one.
It might be more profitable [*ahem*] to view this as a reenactment of another Epotition to the Pole, undertaken by a bunch of stuffed guys with sawdust between their ears, including a Piglet, and led by a Bear of Very Little Brain.
I hope the whole ship of fools incident helps to bring some common sense to the people that would normally believe the man-made global warming news.
Wishfully yours
http://www.theguardian.com/science/antarctica-live/2014/jan/04/antarctic-expedition-was-worth-it-chris-turney
“During the expedition we pioneered a new route into the huts and were able to deliver two large teams to work in the area, including undertaking important conservation work on the huts. The AAE is not a jolly tourist trip as some have claimed, nor is it a re-enactment. The AAE is inspired by Mawson but is primarily a science expedition; it will be judged by its peer-reviewed publications.”
We look forward eagerly to the peer-reviewed publications about the important conservation work on the huts.
I wish I could have been there, I love huts.
Hmmm … did he lose, escape or manage to elude his ‘attached’ political officer (commissar or politruk)?
The one meant to keep the organization’s course straight and true and in-line with CAGW ‘party’ goals?
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Too funny, I just heard Professor Turney referred to as the “Black Knight of AGW”. I sure hope somebody films an Antarctic sequel to Monty Python and The Holy Grail. Turney’s behavior/performance reminds me of that Black Knight too, ha ha ha!
I bet that Josh could have a little fun with with the ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ painting.
http://wpcontent.answcdn.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze,_MMA-NYC,_1851.jpg/300px-Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze,_MMA-NYC,_1851.jpg
Tweak the Flag and main character, (maybe a couple of others holding milkshakes) , and call it “Turney Crossing The Rubicon.”
Historic indeed!
_Jim says:
January 4, 2014 at 8:05 am
“The ‘progress’ we have made, eh? (Fortunately, we do not all fall for the same myths/lore at the same time, or total chaos would ensue.)”
You say that it is a myth or “lore” that the Fed was founded by private bankers in a meeting on Jekyll Island? Interesting. Even Jimbo Wales’ bolshe-wikipedia falls for that myth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island#Planning_of_the_Federal_Reserve_System
But nice try to put it in the same league as bigfoot. You’re probably a Modern Monetary Theorist then; a Krugmanist who wants to deride criticism of the Federal Reserve Banking System.
Lewandowsky tried the same by equating climate skeptics with moon landing hoax proponents.
It is one of the usual tactics to discredit the opposition, and I will have none of it thank you.
Greg says:
January 4, 2014 at 8:40 am
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I can’t find the link but in one of the dozen articles I’ve read (from this thread), it said the carpenters repaired 2 skylights that had opened since the last visit. But with such a silver-tongue, how could it get peer-reviewed? Oh hang on….by his mates…on the boat.
“AA is also a dry ship. The Bar is now used a DVD library.”
Forget milkshake, I keep dreaming of a fourx ’
Al Jazeera News just mentioned the Xue Long being stuck after rescuing passengers from the “Russian research vessel.” No mention of the SOM researchers/tourists.
Hmm, attempting to minimize the guffaw factor?
Even though I generally enjoy AJAM (much to my surprise) every time I see one of their stories about the effects of “climate change,” I can’t help but wonder whether continuation of the narrative was one of Al Gore’s conditions of sale.
Thanks Steve, sure was worth all the effort then.
I’ll have to try to find where he posted the previous excuse about the melt water.
Alan Robertson says:
January 4, 2014 at 6:16 am
“Dirk, Dirk…slow down, man and enjoy a cup o’ reading comprehension. From what you’ve said in past, I don’t think that English is you first language, so I can see how you might be missing what Dos is saying. I’m gonna explain it to you. ”
I simply asked for clarification; I am perfectly well informed about how your media works. As in the centre of the Empire, so in the colonies.
It is not as ‘popularized’ by a populist author in a novel written by the author published after said author become a certified financial planner and self-declared authority on the subject.
You, of all ppl, should know this, Dirk.
Not wishing to go OT any further in this thread I’ll refrain from pulling and posting any excerpts, so, please, view at the site (link above).
. . ‘A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.’
. . . -Mark Twain
Old Data: ” I just heard Professor Turney referred to as the “Black Knight of AGW”
More like Brave Sir Robin 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8&feature=player_detailpage#t=60
fobdangerclose says January 4, 2014 at 6:48 am
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Lou had on some guy who must be well known , (I did not catch his name) and Lou was taking the idea that Global Waming/Climate Change was a crock. But the guy sliped in the ” You have to be a expert to know, “Most Experts Agree That The Tempature Will Rise” . The guy gave some wild number like 14 F up or some such….
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Oh, and while I’m at it, this is O/T but a pet peeve. Is there an on-air weather broadcaster anywhere in North America who pronounces “temperature” properly? No wonder the commenter above spelled the word phonetically.
Broadcasting school for me was over 40 years ago, but “temperature” was one of the first words our instructors corrected.
CrossBorder says:
January 4, 2014 at 8:49 am
Al Jazeera News just mentioned the Xue Long being stuck after rescuing passengers from the “Russian research vessel.” No mention of the SOM researchers/tourists.
Hmm, attempting to minimize the guffaw factor?
Even though I generally enjoy AJAM (much to my surprise) every time I see one of their stories about the effects of “climate change,” I can’t help but wonder whether continuation of the narrative was one of Al Gore’s conditions of sale.
CB, see this:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/surprise-plenty-of-obama-money-for-these-people/
And this:
http://www.menainfrastructure.com/mena-infrastructure-fund-acquires-32-8-of-upc/
Look up UPC Renewables/UPC Management Middle East too.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=11181470
The hapless Australasian Antarctic Expedition is finally homeward bound – and thousands of trees will have to be planted to offset the carbon footprint from the prolonged rescue effort.
In an interview with AFP yesterday director of the French Polar Institute Yves Frenot criticised the “pseudo-scientific expedition”.
Because it had run into difficulties, it had drained resources from the French, Chinese and Australian scientific missions in Antarctica, he said.
Anthony Watts, Aphan, and all;
‘Argos’ are not rated for Antarctic ocean amphibious service, not even for landing or lightering. As boats, they’re Puddle & Pond Class vessels.
It would be of interest to know whether the Antarctic cruise industry in general is launching Argos over the side … and using them to ferry clients & gear to and from shore?
If that is the norm, it is a misuse of the machine (the industry seems quite caution; this would be quite risqué). If it is not the norm, the Mawson people invented the misuse on their own.
The standard ‘Argo’ is propelled in water, very inefficiently & ineffectively, by the churning of its tractor-tread tires. (A few models do have a real prop-drive.) This is a safety feature, enforcing water-borne load-limits, since once the tops of the tires become submerged, it cannot make headway. (Real machine-abusers carry paddles, for this reason. They also carry buckets so they don’t have to bail with a spade.)
An Argo can’t be towed much faster than it will go on its own; it’s just a bathtub. They can’t be ‘helped’ or ‘hurried’ much – they’ll swamp. These essential realities will be quickly detected by anyone of passing competence, and such errors are committed only once. (Oops! I won’t do that again!) Thus, the Zodiac operator was probably new at the job.
That the Mawson Argos were being towed, suggests that they were unable to move on their own, and the reason they could not is they were overloaded (for water-service). If the weight was human bodies, that makes it much worse. (Many Argos are very robust cargo/weight-carriers, on land. It’s partly what they’re known & valued for; but when water is to be crossed, they must be unloaded and multiple trips made. That’s part of the ‘price’ they incur.)
A charging Rhino on land; a wallowing pig in the water. That’s an Argo.
Do not ascribe too much to one post’s content. Your education involving US history in obscure areas like the historical US banking and commerce I think may not be as complete as you may be assuming …
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“AA is also a dry ship. The Bar is now used a DVD library.”
Apparently there were 120 videos on board the AS. Turkey on one of his blogs/videos said he banned people from watching disaster movies. I read somewhere (again too many articles to find the link) that they’d watched around 30 vids. So 120-30-x disaster movies (In my experience in mining camps, approx 75% of the vids are disaster movies. So assuming x approx = 90) I suspect that running out of videos to watch was a mitigating, if not the main reason factor for rescue.
The other Black Knight: In the Antarctic sequel I believe Al Gore should play King Arthur, Professor Turney the Black Knight and Michael Mann the head of the Knights of Ni. But how could anyone top the humor of the sound of horse’s hoofs in a nautical setting?
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+monty+python+black+knight&qpvt=youtube+monty+python+black+knight&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=011E4E9D9AEF2FA654F3011E4E9D9AEF2FA654F3
Does anyone know if Professor Chris Turney’s wife and children were on board the stuck ship?
[My emphasis throughout]
Since this was obviously a PR stunt for Prof Turkey’s spin-off Carbonscape, I thought I’d see what it was about.
http://carbonscape.com/applications/activated-carbon/
http://carbonscape.com/applications/bio-oil-and-fine-chemicals/
So they’ve worked out how to turn saw-dust into activated carbon and want to sell the gunk that comes out of pine as you heat it up as “bio-oil”.
Carbon-credit scamming.
Jimbo: Yes. There are other links which confirm this (different thread from memory) but SOM website has blogs posted by Turkey’s son, Chick–I mean Robbie on New Years Eve.