“Obviously it has a large impact on us,” said Martin Fortier, the executive director of ArcticNet, the component that coordinates research on the ship. “It’s a frustrating situation.”
During the summer, the Amundsen operates as a floating research centre with experiments running 24 hours a day. This year it was scheduled to reach North Baffin Bay.
But the icebreaker has been rerouted to escort commercial ships en route to resupply communities in Northern Quebec on the eastern side of Hudson Bay.
Johnny Leclair, assistant commissioner for the Coast Guard, said Tuesday conditions in the area are the worst he’s seen in 20 years.
Source: twitchy.com
I wonder if any got the irony of the situation?
This is from a blog post from the expedition on the icy conditions:
And here’s a blog post from the expedition describing the treacherous conditions:
Meanwhile, we’ve run into ice and out of darkness. During our night of action, the sun didn’t set, so only the face of my watch was there to tell me that it was 3 AM as we were tying down incubators. At five thirty in the morning, as the sun rose – or, rather, got a bit brighter in the sky – filling the world with a deep pink, and the waves turned glassy and viscous and bright, our fingers finally fell numb and our setup was finally done, just in time for a quick nap before breakfast. Tonight, likely, we’ll see the stuck ships.
Didn’t this happen a couple of years ago?
I think the Russians came to the rescue
Oh yeah love y’all’s logic. “Oh well volcanos spew out more in a day then we do in a year.” Ok so let’s help it out by continuing to pump out tons more where we could do the opposite and maybe even save some money while we’re doing our part.
Oh and BTW I’m not a lib or rep.