Posted on 01/25/2014 4:51:17 PM PST by Libloather
In the spring of 2015, Alex Bellini will fly to Greenland, jump on an iceberg, and live there until it melts.
As the chunk of ice floats southward to its thawing doom, he'll witness his new home get smaller and smaller until it is no more and he finds himself adrift in the ocean. He hopes to raise awareness of climate change and global warming, and to draw parallels between his mission and the broader human condition. The main challenge, however, will be finding ways to kill time; he'll be there for up to 12 months, the limit he's set on the task. It sounds tough, but Bellini's got a pretty solid track record when it comes to weird endurance stunts.
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I just visted ales’z website
developing a team....figures in most of his game plans...except for this one I guess...
He says the team is of paramount importance..and now is going to do this stunt solo? oh well.
Munchin on a skinny seal is good for your health.
After it melts, he can sell it to Algore for him to live on until it freezes again.
HAHAHAHA, what a WONDERFUL pic!
Something tells me he wont be there for the entire year. This may be like the 64 y/o woman who repeatedly tried to swim through jellyfish infested waters for a distance record until she finally made it. She made it with a support crew following her every move, ready to bail her out, or ressecitate if need be.
Those big icebergs are known to suddenly split or dissolve like cotton candy if the wind is strong enough. Bellini may have a crew with him too. That is a very expensive hobby. My guess is the people investing money for this are also providing a support team. They may have plans get their money back by selling this documentary later.
Where do we send nominations of people’s names we’d like to see get these iceberg jobs?
How is this guy going to sequester his CO2?
The only thing he will make me aware of is that he is a dumbass..........
He will have an exciting life moving his gear and staying on the top of the berg when it flips over as they all do with regularity.
Warmer water eats away at the bottom until they become top heavy, turn turtle, and the lighter, underwater, bottom side flips to become the top side.
It’s a rapid change so he will have to stay on his toes.
> Once he hits the water he’ll freeze in no time.
Speaking of freezing... presumably he’ll have a shelter and be cooking his food, both of which will melt the iceberg.
I predict he will coe up missing neverto be heard from again. Lefties claim to be bright but sure are dimwits when it comes to thinking things through to their final conclusion.
I imagine a hungry Polar Bear smelling the food cooking and swimming over to get a nice snack ... and maybe eat the food being cooked, too!
What an idiot.
Exactly. This won’t end well.
CC
This sounds like a very important thing that he is doing, trying to save the world! I think Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and many others should join him.
Maybe he could use the twelve months to figure out why oh why he’s such a moron.
Egad....!
LOL!
Maybe this stupid lib fool will end up being food for a Polar bear.
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