Waldo Jaquith

Polar ice cap vanishing.

It’s now possible to sail a ship clear to the North Pole.


4 Comments

Um… that’s not good.

Posted by Cory Capron on 21 September 2006 @ 1pm

Completely aside from the global warming implications (such as meltwater from the nearby Greenland ice cap halting the Gulf Stream return loop and plunging Europe into another Ice Age), this does open up the possibility of transpolar freight.

Posted by Tim McCormack on 21 September 2006 @ 1pm

I just need to stop reading anything about the North Pole or polar bears. It depresses the hell out of me. I feel so helpless.

Posted by Austen on 21 September 2006 @ 3pm

Looks like the Pentagon will be pulling out those plans for an amphibious invasion of Russia …

Posted by Adam Sharp on 21 September 2006 @ 9pm