[PilotDave]

There is a real life drama happening now in the Artic. Seems for the past few years the famed Northwest passage has been a fairly easy passage. The ice has returned this year. About 20 boats are possibly going to be stuck in the ice this year. Some may yet make it. Some may be abandoned/scuttled. Some may actually winter over, like in the old days.

[COBOL2Java]

What happened to global warming? I thought by now we’d be having swim fests at the north pole!

[ClearCase_guy]

Unexpected.

[SkyPilot]

Here is a great song:

Northwest Passage

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"Northwest Passage" is one of the best-known songs by Canadian musician Stan Rogers. An a cappella song, it features Rogers alone singing the verses, with several guest vocalists harmonizing with him in the chorus. It is not to be confused with the big band tune of the same name by Ralph Burns. While it recalls the history of early explorers who were trying to discover a route across Canada to the Pacific Ocean (especially Sir John Franklin, who lost his life in the quest for the Northwest Passage), its central theme is a comparison between the journeys of these past explorers and the singer's own journey to and through the same region. The singer ultimately reflects that, just as the quest for a northwest passage might be considered a fruitless one (in that a viable and navigable northwest passage was never found in the days of Franklin and his kind), a modern-day journeyer along similar paths might meet the same end. The song also references the geography of Canada, including the Fraser River ("to race the roaring Fraser to the sea") on the western coast and the Davis Strait to the east. He is driving across the Prairies, allowing him to view cities behind him fall and cities ahead rise.

[bigheadfred]

we now have a new “deadliest catch” ima smelling tv series

[Rebelbase]

“Some may actually winter over, like in the old days. “

Wouldn’t a polar bear consider that to be a meat oasis?

[Mike Darancette]

This guy has been "wintering over" for a while.

[Secret Agent Man]

northwest passage is harder to get through than the northern sea route.

[citizen]

An emerging solar minimum...overly cold occurances first in the southern hemisphere for their winter and now the same appears to be coming on for the northern hemisphere winter season. Plus, we have various ice age predictions (be they for a little or big one), it doesn’t look good, kiddies.