Sept '04 article: Al Gore demonstrates his own lack of belief

Al Gore got a speeding ticket while driving a rented car--a most Earth-unfriendly Lincoln four-door, according to the ticket--on a visit to relatives in Oregon. He was doing 75 in a 55 zone. The state trooper who stopped Gore said that the ex-veep was polite throughout the encounter. Earlier rumors that Gore rolled his eyes, shook his head, and sighed ostentatiously while the ticket was being written up seem to have been unfounded.

Sailing the [Northwest Passage] to find the human face of climate change - CNN.com

The expedition team includes a shore-based scientific advisor, and we are partnering with World Wildlife Fund to ensure that we understand the scientific facts behind the stories we hear.

Some background: northwest_passage

Since 1905, according to the BBC, about 110 boats have been through the Northwest Passage (four of them in 2007). Thirty of the 110 were recreational boats.

The Northwest Passage was successfully navigated in 1906, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1957, 1969, 1977, 1984, 1988, and 2000 (and probably in other years as well).