Global Warming Scientists: Too Much Ice!

By Douglas V. Gibbs

A bunch of years ago a friend of mine, who is originally from Alaska, told me the hype about Polar Bears being in trouble as a species was a crock.  He told me that there are 16 major polar bear populations in Alaska.  Of those groups, all of them increased in size, except for two, which remained stable.  As for the image of the polar bear stranded on a block of ice floating somewhere in the Arctic Ocean, popularized by Al Gore, he said that these animals can swim for miles, and it is not uncommon for them, to take a break, or for the fun of it, to climb up on a chunk of free-floating ice.

Since then, emails have been obtained showing the Climate Change folks rigging computer models to force the outcome they desire, evidence that "their" global warming evidence is faulty, and evidence that we are not only not warming, but when we were, it was by natural means.

Nature has not cooperated with the global warming models, and so the revelation forced the scientists to change the name from "global warming" to "climate change."  Still, they demand climate change is man-made, and that we need big government to become bigger so that it can regulate people's lives to save the planet.

Earth is pretty resilient.  The bacteria that cleaned up the oil spill in the gulf when BP's explosion caused all havoc was a great example of that.  I don't believe we could destroy the Earth if we tried, much less save it from a made-up boogeyman created by liberal left environmentalists.

As time passes, the climate change people remain in place, but they aren't so loud.  We are being distracted by other things, so they do their green tyranny in the shadows.  However, once again, nature is not cooperating, and the climate change folks have gotten to the point of just throwing up their hands - but they won't. . . their hard left liberal agenda is much more important than a bunch of silly little facts of reality.

In an effort to prove once and for all the truth that polar ice is melting, despite what those darn climate change deniers are saying, a crew set off for Antarctica.  Instead of a melting ice cap, they were forced to abandon their mission, because the ice was too thick.

The scientists have been stuck aboard the stricken MV Akademik Schokalskiy since Christmas Day, with repeated sea rescue attempts being abandoned as icebreaking ships failed to reach them.  One vessel attempting to rescue them got stuck, too, just six nautical miles from the ship.

Now that effort has been ditched, with experts admitting the ice is just too thick. Instead the crew have built an icy helipad, with plans afoot to rescue the 74-strong team by helicopter.

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