The comedy just keeps on coming. Plus, now it seems that Turney failed to get some approvals, and his welcome home may not be all the happy. Maybe he’ll stay in Antarctica.
After having to prematurely abandon their mission due to being stuck in ice, and having a weather forecast provided that said all they had to do was wait a few more days, which came true, freeing the ship, the intrepid Dr. Turney and his gaggle of global warming geese tourists were evacuated by helicopter to the Aurora Australis, which then sailed to the Australian Casey Station to finish the resupply operations that got interrupted by Turney’s distress call.
The #spirtofmawson people are still at Casey Station, waiting for their ride home, while the Akademic Shokalskiy has made it to port in New Zealand. See the current positions of both ships:
Source: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:168.3123/centery:-46.88068/zoom:8/oldmmsi:273458210/olddate:lastknown (h/t to reader “itdoesntaddup”)
Here is the current position of the Aurora Australis:
Above: View of Casey base from the Aurora Australis webcam. Source: http://www.antarctica.gov.au/webcams/aurora
From the Aurora Australis sitreps reports:
Sunday 12-Jan-2014 We arrived at Casey this morning ready to commence cargo operations at 8am. We continued moving cargo between the ship and shore until 1330 when the refuelling hose was loaded on to the barge. The hose and anchoring system were deployed then the hose tested for any leaks. Once the leak test was complete pumping of SAB (Special Antarctic Blend) began. We are expecting that the completion of the refuelling of Casey will occur at around 6am tomorrow morning and we will have delivered over 850,000 litres of fuel during resupply part 1 and part 2. There is one remaining hold of cargo on the ship to discharge. When it is possible we try and transport cargo on the shore to ship as well as the ship to shore. This is not always possible depending at what stage of unloading we are at and what needs to occur to make room for the RTA cargo. It is a bit like a jigsaw but the pieces don’t always fit so neatly together. Cheers Leanne and Mark
Source: https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/schedules/display_sitrep.cfm?bvs_id=19327
What irony that the “trapped” ship has made it back, while the #spiritofmawson fools are still at Casey base, waiting for their ride home.
Meanwhile, all is not well back home. I suspect Turney won’t get a heroes welcome:
Head of Australian Antarctic science div., chides @ProfChrisTurney for saying #spiritofmawson had official approval. https://t.co/7bP8dDA8WD
— Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ (@Revkin) January 9, 2014
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“One thing is becoming abundantly clear, the Spirit of Mawson expedition and Chris Turney appear to be less than honest in answering questions about their expedition. This is now proven categorically by the Depart of Conservations official reply to legal queries under New Zealand’s Official Information Act.”
http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2014/01/chris-turney-lied-support-institutions/
Oh dear
“850,000 litres of fuel”. Fossil fuel at that, eh? How does that make you feel then, warm-mongers?
Re-stock the bar!
9:46 of the audio interview, “…whether you believe this exHIBition could have been better managed.”
Now THERE’s a felicitous freudian slip!
By a consensus of captains, they cherry picked the wrong ship in order to hide the decline in the credibility of their passengers. Now it will be harder for them to redefine the peer review process and produce a hockey stick.
Still the BBC will report “this groundbreaking scientific expedition has proved climate change is worse than we thought”. The Guardian will report “this groundbreaking exhibition has proved climate change is verse than we thought”.
Shush! Don’t let the public know.
http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1389645658/540/9607540_600x400.jpg
heh
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/9607412/Akademik-Shokalskiy-arrives-in-Bluff
I’m having a riot watching this but I don’t believe the Russians dumped their passengers because they were running out of food. Wasn’t the second leg scheduled for 3 weeks? Wouldn’t they bring extra food as a precaution. Couldn’t the helicopter have dropped off enough food (e.g. banana milkshakes) to keep the scientists (clears throat) well fed enough to continue their important (gags a bit) work?
P Gosselin says:
January 13, 2014 at 12:17 pm
“Maybe he’ll stay in Antarctica.” lol!
(Fairfax Media)14 Jan: Stuff.co.nz: Akademik Shokalskiy arrives in Bluff
MPI to inspect vessel
Media have been asked to stay away until inspections have been made…
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/9607412/Akademik-Shokalskiy-arrives-in-Bluff
14 Jan: Herald Sun Australia: AAP: Ship stuck in Antarctic ice arrives in NZ
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/ship-stuck-in-antarctic-ice-arrives-in-nz/story-fni0xqll-1226801192989
“Once the leak test was complete pumping of SAB (Special Antarctic Blend) began … and we will have delivered over 850,000 litres of fuel during resupply ….”
Surely that would be a death hose, responsible for the extermination of hundreds of species?
Self-respecting environmental activists would do everything in their power to protest and disrupt operations. Or maybe not.
It would just prolong the agony. Better to let it pass this time, and get home sooner … can then get back to harping-on and putting the world to rights in the comfort of the faculty common room sofa.
/sarc off
Was one of the presstitutes complaining about running out of milkshake?
If Casey doesn’t have a Centrelink office, they should be dropped at the closest available – it’s all these clowns are good for.
Lets get serious, a Russian ship does not run out of Vodka no matter how serious the situation
Headline should read – “Akademic Shokalsky free from loony ‘scientists and propagandists, makes it back to port, crew receiving counselling, message on deck reads ‘green w&@k£&s’.”
JCH says:
January 13, 2014 at 12:22 pm
“Finally, an actual irony.”
You weren’t impressed by an expedition to study the devastation of global warming on Antarctic ice conditions getting stuck in the ice and blasted by a blizzard in the height of summer?
Our original understanding was that several of the twits were having their ‘celebratory’ last drinks because they were going to a ‘dry’ ship; i.e. dry means no drinking while on board.
Now it sounds like the twits are restricted to shipboard without leave to visit the port. I guess as a result of their ability to stay safe in dangerous environments and to not get in the way of workers…
after this:
10 Jan: Guardian: Eternal sunshine and confused minds in Antarctica
Posted by Alok Jha, Newcombe Bay, Antarctica Friday 10 January 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/science/antarctica-live/2014/jan/09/eternal-sunshine-confused-minds-antarctica
we get this, not posted from Antarctica, & not in the Antarctica Live section:
12 Jan: Guardian: Alok Jha: Why you can’t travel at the speed of light
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/12/einstein-theory-of-relativity-speed-of-light
I see from the website that:
“To minimise our impact on the planet, the AAE will offset its carbon emissions by planting trees. Not just any trees, nor just anywhere. As Sir Douglas Mawson quoted above, images of the New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) have long been a source of inspiration and admiration to explorers and travellers alike. ”
I planted a million trees in the 80’s. Can any warm-mongers top that? Can I get my carbon credits back dated please? Let’s see now: One million trees (a conservative estimate by the way..) producing O2 from CO2 for 30 years – minus about 100,000 of them they chopped down 5 years ago to build a bloody wind farm…
Perhaps the Akademic Shokalskiy could give them a lift home?. Their present schedule will only get them back on the 22nd.
In the meantine Turney – Scientist, Explorer and Weiter – is busy tweeting a reference to yet another model on his website – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.2683/abstract
Don’t know if this is mentioned yet:
@RichardTol:
Has Chris Turney lied about his support by institutions?:
http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2014/01/chris-turney-lied-support-institutions
The first of these listed government supporters is questioned: Department of Conservation, Landcare Research, and the University of Waikato.
I don’t know why Mr. Turkey said that he had approval. He did not.
He also said that Antarctica could be unpredictable at times, then took along his wife and kids.
He called his Akademik an ice-breaker when the Russian government owners called it a tourist class vessel.
He said……………………….Oh never mind. Get the tar and feathers ready for this fool. Well, just the tar.
Since Dr. Christmas Turkey chose to try and enter Antarctica during it’s summer melt maybe he didn’t notice what is going on. Yet he is supposed to be a Calamatologist!
We must act now! It’s all for the grand kiddies. Where is Monseigneur ‘Death Trains’ Hansen when you need him?
Ooopps!
“…its summer…”
This is why I make the most comments on WUWT. 🙂
This is more entertaining than an episode of Gilligan’s Island. They can’t get off the ship at Casey because their carbon footsies are too big to fit through the doorways.