“Stuck in the middle with you” — and you, and you… | Arctic Row

[Aug 8, 2012] Q: Why are they staying so close to land? Can’t they just row straight across to Russia?

A: Google Maps is causing a lot of confusion for us here. People see a map clear of ice, and presume we can row the open ocean. Fact is, Anchorage ice service and Canada ice service both tell us that pack ice is currently 30 miles off shore. We navigated the perimeter of that flow once when it came close to shore, and it was harrowing [we'll show the video they took when they land]. It took discipline to row against the wind direction to get out before we got crushed. We came close to shore in Barrow and holed up here to avoid ice that just receded yesterday. Now the gale force wind won’t let us leave. Bottom line: we’re more comfortable in the open ocean, but it’s frozen 30-50 miles from shore so all boats are where we are (except the nuclear coast guard cutter Healy). [* Side note: I've been asked a few times to post a picture of the entire planned route, which I will try to do tomorrow.]

Dr. Gary Ginsberg: Weather on Steroids and Mold in the Basement

[Yale toxicologist blames CO2 for a snowstorm] A category 2 becomes a category 3, a heat wave takes an extra week to break, the winds blow extra hard and turn small brush fires into statewide disasters. Last fall in New England we had a nor-easter turn into a freak snowstorm that knocked us back to the dark ages for several weeks. It's like the home-run hitter on steroids

Eco-lunacy: harmful gas deliberately produced to cash in on carbon credits | Conservative News, Views & Books

The European Union has said it will begin refusing to accept these bogus waste tax credits into its “carbon markets” next year. It’s wonderful that the EU can afford to indulge a fake marketplace based on the trading of non-existent goods… while its real markets, filled with useful industries that fulfill genuine customer demand, tremble on the verge of collapse.