reuben
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Post by reuben on Dec 22, 2016 14:56:37 GMT -8
Santa may need water skis instead of a sleigh this year.Article
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BlueBear
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Post by BlueBear on Dec 22, 2016 15:02:16 GMT -8
It's been a crazy year up there in 2016. tigger's avatar (taken in early May in Greenland) is a similar (although perhaps less newsworthy) part of the same story. |
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Post by Spartan on Dec 22, 2016 18:52:00 GMT -8
thanks a lot Obama
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Post by Lamebeaver on Dec 22, 2016 20:11:27 GMT -8
It also snowed in the Sahara. I'm sure the deniers will bring this up as an example of why global warming is a hoax.
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swmtnbackpacker
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Back but probably posting soon under my real name ... Rico Sauve
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Dec 23, 2016 6:37:47 GMT -8
Santa's new suit needs red cargo shorts.
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driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Dec 23, 2016 17:38:18 GMT -8
Will the fabled Northwest Passage become a reality?
Will Santa and his elves seeking environmental refugee status become a reality?
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Post by kenv on Dec 23, 2016 20:32:51 GMT -8
Will the fabled Northwest Passage become a reality? It just might. I wonder what that will mean? |
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Post by tallgrass on Dec 24, 2016 12:00:36 GMT -8
Imagine a time when the busiest ports and shipping lanes will lie between Russia and Alaska/Canada! Asia has never been closer! Russia is quickly expanding & modernizing Murmansk's port as they are fully expecting it to be one of their busiest ports as the Siberian/Arctic route becomes more & more commercially viable. 1/3 the length to Asia as going through the Suez canal. |
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BlueBear
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Post by BlueBear on Dec 24, 2016 12:15:02 GMT -8
Will the fabled Northwest Passage become a reality? It already is. In 2007 a private sailboat "Cloud Nine" sailed through the Canadian Archipelago, completing the Northwest Passage after two previous attempts. www.cruisingworld.com/final-passage-cloud-nineThe ice has opened up a fair bit since then. This past summer 2016 the luxury cruise-liner "Crystal Serenity" (not an ice-breaker ship) sailed the entire NW Passage with 1,070 passengers and 655 crew. www.crystalcruises.com/northwest-passage-cruiseOne certainly can't do it year-round still without a heavy icebreaker, but to a limited extent it's already open for business. There aren't many deepwater ports in the area, but you can probably expect that to change (see tallgrass 's post on Murmansk). The times are a'changing. - Mike |
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