Crew Log 54 - [End of summer looming, Northwest Passage still blocked]

Furthermore, not far past the peninsula, the gulf's depths recede to less than zero, choked from its northern coastline to its southern extremities with an almost solid plug of ice. The onboard game, for the next several days, will be called "waiting."
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Given the current state of the ice, we'll likely be exploring the Parry Peninsula for the next few days.

Obama's Domestic Policies Are Having Immediate Effects on Race for Va. Governor - washingtonpost.com

But Obama's entry into the race presents a challenge for Deeds: How does he continue the momentum created by Obama, the first Democratic presidential candidate in more than four decades to carry Virginia, without being saddled with the baggage the president now carries?

His answer has largely been to distance himself from the president's policies despite attempts by Republican Robert F. McDonnell to force him to take positions on issues such as unions, climate change and health care.

Newsmax.com - Record Lows Dispel Global Warming Myth

The recent record shows that the alleged global warming stopped in 1998 and it's been getting colder since then even if the warmist fanatics, in the face of the evidence, insist otherwise.

Button up your overcoat, Mr. Gore. It's going to get colder out there if Mother Nature has her way - and she always does.

Bleached Coral Reefs Bounce Back | The Resilient Earth

The Eemian was some 2°C warmer than current global temperatures and clearly coral managed to avoid extinction under those conditions. In the larger scheme of things, coral is able to roll with the changes, adapting to new conditions, something mankind should take note of. This is not to say that any individual coral or reef is immortal, clearly they are not. Though some researchers may refuse to believe that nature would harm the creatures they love, the periodic devastation of reef ecosystems is just another part of nature's cruel cycles. As an outcome of global warming, bleached coral is a red herring.