U.S. Coast Guard to the Rescue!

[bcp]

An article about some costs of the rescue. Not really much information.

US ice-breaker Polar Star sent to rescue trapped ships as costs soar

Bruce

 

[lockhaven]

I wonder how many tons of pollutants the warmers have put into the atmosphere from their little stunt

 

[two_bit_score]

I wonder how many tons of pollutants the warmers have put into the atmosphere from their little stunt

Good point. Their activities are always a net negative but this is probably the biggest.

 

[rekees4300]

An article about some costs of the rescue. Not really much information.

"The Polar Star is expected to take about seven days to reach the two ships. It can break 1.8-metre thick ice thought to surround these ships at a speed of three knots and 6.5 metres of ice by ramming, said the Coast Guard."

6.5 metres = 21.3 feet !!! That's some serious power. :hammer:

 

[riptides]

"The Polar Star is expected to take about seven days to reach the two ships. It can break 1.8-metre thick ice thought to surround these ships at a speed of three knots and 6.5 metres of ice by ramming, said the Coast Guard."

6.5 metres = 21.3 feet !!! That's some serious power. :hammer:

Power is one thing, but i thought most "ice breakers" actually ram then rise ontop of the ice, using their weight to break it down.

 

[lockhaven]

I bet the crew is looking forward to ramming the ice, like being in multiple fender benders BIG ONES all day.

 

[aczlan]

Power is one thing, but i thought most "ice breakers" actually ram then rise ontop of the ice, using their weight to break it down.

It depends on how thick the ice is and the boat size/design. This ship can go through 6 foot ice at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) (per: Polar-class icebreaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ).

Aaron Z

 

[two_bit_score]

Ironic that they are having to 'save' a ship that was laden with climate researchers trying to prove global warming theories from being stranded in ice.

>>The Akademik Shokalskiy first sent out its distress call that it was stuck in ice on Christmas morning and has been lodged there ever since until finally having its passengers saved this week. The Snow Dragon, a Chinese icebreaker, moved closer to the Akademik Shokalskiy but, rather than managing to break a path through which it could escape, the icebreaker got stuck itself. A helicopter the ship brought with it did manage to take some passengers out of the Akademik Shokalskiy before the full rescue. An American vessel, the Polar Star, arrived this week from Australia and is in the process of returning the passengers to Tasmania, where they are expected by mid-January. The ships themselves remain lodged in ice.<<

It's summertime in Antartica no less.

 

[MossRoad]

The ice wouldn't have been there if it was cold. If it was cold, the ice would have been locked up. It was warm, so the ice broke up and blew with the wind, which pinned the ship in its location. Very similar to ice break-up on large rivers in the springtime. I.E. the local climate warmed, which caused the ice to break up and move.

 

[houstonscott]

The ice wouldn't have been there if it was cold. If it was cold, the ice would have been locked up. It was warm, so the ice broke up and blew with the wind, which pinned the ship in its location. Very similar to ice break-up on large rivers in the springtime. I.E. the local climate warmed, which caused the ice to break up and move.

Not true, Antarctica is a bowl, it's ice is increasing, has been now for decades, as it increases it flows over the edge of the bowl and is pushed out into the ocean where it breaks off. There is no warming. HS