Uh, oh: Federal Government to seek full cost recovery for Antarctic expedition rescue Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt yesterday said costs, estimated at about $2.4 million, would be sought from…
Category: The “Clitanic” aka Spirit of Mawson
#spiritofmawson ship of fools apologize for mess, face recovery costs
ANTARCTIC expeditioners rescued by an Australian icebreaker have apologised for an operation that could cost taxpayers up to $2.4 million. Fifty-two passengers rescued from a Russian ship trapped in sea…
Akademic Shokalskiy makes it back to port, #spiritofmawson ship of fools still stuck in Antarctica
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…
Risking lives to promote climate change hype
Yet another global warming expedition gets trapped in icebound ideology Guest opinion by Paul Driessen Will global warming alarmists ever set aside their hypotheses, hyperbole, models and ideologies long enough…
Australian Antarctic Division head Tony Fleming says they’ll make efforts to recover the cost of #spiritofmawson rescue
From radio 666 ABC in Canberra, Australia, full audio follows. Tony Fleming, director of the Australian Antarctic Division tells Louise Maher the AAD wasn’t linked to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition…
Akademik Shokalskiy and the Xue Long have broken free from the ice in Antarctica and are no longer in need of assistance
Well that’s the end of that story…until investigations begin. Press release: 12:30pm AEDT, Wednesday 8 January 2014 Antarctic rescue operations complete The Australian Maritime Safety Authority can confirm that the…
Russian ship 'Akademik Shokalskiy' stuck in Antarctic Ice starts moving again, per my forecast – both ships have broken free of ice!
The Akademik Shokalskiy and the Xue Long have broken free of heavy ice and are making progress towards open water. http://t.co/nmpRTRhZfX — AMSA News (@AMSA_News) January 7, 2014 It seems…
The Cli-Tanic #spiritofmawson Hotsheet for Sunday January 5th
The gift that just keeps on giving. Bishop Hill writes: I did wonder if applying the “Ship of Fools” tag to Chris Turney and his shipmates wasn’t just a bit…
The 'Cli-Tanic' Hot Sheet – News from the #SpiritofMawson fiasco
There are a lot of news items in major media starting to appear about the folly of Professor Chris Turney’s tourism disguised as science expedition. Turney is now backpedaling on…
