USA to the rescue! US Coast Guard Ice breaker asked to assist Antarctic rescue vessels trapped in ice due to #spiritofmawson fiasco

Dennis Beeson says:
January 4, 2014 at 4:25 pm
The Faboutlaws last comment was a most refreshing comment I have seen in a long time !!
I will second that!

How about a joke… What did the North Korean dictator say when the “RUSSIAN”, “CHINESE” and “AMERICAN” ice breakers all met up in Antarctica. Hmmm, maybe there is no punch line. I don’t buy the whole thing for one minute. The Russian ship getting stuck, unfortunate, and almost unbelievable – it’s that whole Siberia thing. But, nevertheless, convenient. The Chinese getting stuck and the Australians leaving both behind in favor of the US to come rescue. Kind of like the subplot in a James Bond movie, aye?

@buckeyebubba @Gordon Oehler Corey @TresCool @Weeone @Mario Lento @ImaHippyBurning @B Cole @stevie & others
I share your sentiments but you have missed that the Turney “expedition” people who caused this whole rescue operation are long gone and safe onboard the Aurora Australis, discussing their splendid adventure over ice cream on their way to the Australian Casey station where the icebreaker was unloading supplies when called to rescue by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). The Turney, BBC and Guardian people were evacuated from their chartered Russian ship, the Akademik Shokalskiy (AS), by a helicopter from the now ice-bound Chinese icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon) that was called to rescue by AMSA, just as now the USCGC Polar Star. Besides Aurora Australis and the Polar Star, the AMSA also called the French L’Astrolabe. All 3 icebreakers had to interrupt their respective summer supply missions to rush to rescue.
Igor Kiselev, the master of the chartered Russian AS may share some blame for not being forceful enough and allowing Chris Turney and his flock of sycophants, presstitudes and other assorted global warming courtiers and milkshake sippers to delay the ship’s departure when the weather turned and the ice started closing on them. It is now known that Kiselev wanted to get out in a hurry but Chris Turney’s sight-seeing onshore party delayed the ship’s departure.
The only thing we can do—now that they are safe—is to mock the Turney turkeys mercilessly, keep publishing real science based on data and facts, and hope that bad publicity surrounding this self-serving global warming junket may increase taxpayer awareness and bring some degree of sanity to the public funding of the international “climate science” juggernaut. But given the quickly adapting spin of the media coverage of this fiasco I am not holding my breath. Most WUWT people know you’d better be ready for a long, hard slog. There is no quick fix to this corrupt business other than what the taxpayers and voters will do.
P.S. Gail Combs said the same more succinctly before I finished my rant.

Helicopter Obama up there to the “Global Warming Investigative Ship” and the hot air out of his mouth should be more than enough to melt the ice.

So more taxpayer money pi**ed away on global warming … Typical …

faboutlaws says:
January 4, 2014 at 4:04 pm

Agree strongly with your comments. The entire crew has a specific mission focus for the next few days as they approach the ice pack. The experienced crew has a tremendous opportunity to direct their attention to their primary mission and get them prepared for the job at hand. Opportunities like this need to be taken advantage of.
People often complain about incidental military missions like disaster relief and such but they always provide a training value that cannot be replicated in make believe training exercises. The real thing has a way of focusing your attention.
Although some of my former crew mates in the Navy were inclined to give the Coast Guard grief from time to time, they are a sister service and many seamen owe their lives to the CG — thumbs up to the Polar Star and her crew, show them how it is done!

Send AlGore down there and let him blow his hot air on it.

@Bruce ryan – POLAR STAR was already on it’s way – it left Seattle on December 3, enroute to conduct Deepfreeze 14 and resupply McMurdo Station. This was not much of a reach for the ship to get there – the only thing in the trip down that was changed was the 4 day stay in Australia was shortened to 1 day for replenishment…

Prepare for warmer weather due to these enormous sea vessels spewing their earth killing pollution. Wouldn’t it be for the better good of the planet to allow these brave souls to sacrifice themselves for mother earth rather than doing more damage to her now with the rescue mission?Let them be martyrs.

It lives! This story has some legs on it. Is anyone taking bets which week, or month, they get these ships out? I hope for the crew’s sakes it’ll be soon but the “irony” of this is so acute. Who knew sea ice was so dangerous?! It’s supposed to retreat and cower like a vanquished enemy, not attack, parry and gore with major summer offensives … lol