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In historic first, US icebreaker reaches North Pole: What will it do there?
Christian Science Monitor ^
| SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
| Kevin Truong
Posted on 09/10/2015 11:03:13 AM PDT by thackney
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To: JoeProBono
Gadzooks, I though Putin...
was a younger man--
41
posted on
09/10/2015 11:55:27 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: thackney
You are correct. I was thinking about the Polar Sea whose engines failed leaving the Polar Star as the only operating Heavy ice breaker.
42
posted on
09/10/2015 11:57:05 AM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: CedarDave
Walk exactly south one mile, walk exactly east one mile, walk exactly north one mile and end up where you started. What color is the bear?
43
posted on
09/10/2015 12:00:15 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: JoeProBono
Let’s see if they can get there in February.
44
posted on
09/10/2015 12:04:37 PM PDT
by
AmusedBystander
(The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
To: Bender2
45
posted on
09/10/2015 12:05:55 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: thackney
Funded by the National Science Foundation?!!! And who do you suppose fund them?!!!!
46
posted on
09/10/2015 12:09:33 PM PDT
by
3boysdad
(The very elect.)
To: JoeProBono
Where the hell did you find that?
47
posted on
09/10/2015 12:28:18 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
One of three US icebreakers still in service - will go looking for the Russian flag planted on the pole by one of Russia’s 44 icebreakers (6 being nuke powered). Nothing so adventurous as looking for killer viruses - we lead from behind now - let the Russians find it first.
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posted on
09/10/2015 12:31:38 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Lurker
49
posted on
09/10/2015 12:42:35 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
You have some interesting search/surf criteria...
50
posted on
09/10/2015 1:14:55 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: henkster
How do you get a longitude reading at 90 degrees north latitude?Step a few inches to a couple of feet to one side, I guess!
51
posted on
09/10/2015 1:28:30 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
You live in a house, all four walls face south. A bear walks past. What color is the bear?
52
posted on
09/10/2015 1:31:46 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Ms. Clinton, are you a criminal or just really stupid?)
To: henkster
White.
That's so racist.
5.56mm
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posted on
09/10/2015 1:37:17 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: henkster
White (or yellowish-white).
54
posted on
09/10/2015 1:38:00 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks; thackney
An added plus for a Coastie assigned to the
Mackinaw is that you get to see beautiful downtown
Cheboygan...
But no polar bears. ;-)
55
posted on
09/10/2015 5:56:09 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: pfflier
it was the magnetic north pole where the ice is thin
on the obama scale, this measures up to landing on the moon
56
posted on
09/10/2015 6:06:19 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump)
To: bert
57
posted on
09/10/2015 6:22:12 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: thackney; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
To: NoCmpromiz
I worked for a coal company based in Sheboygan for several years.
Good people. They owned dock around the Great Lakes.
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posted on
09/10/2015 7:00:09 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: CedarDave
“If the ship was exactly at 90° north, a person on the ice could walk around the ship and circumnavigate the globe at the same time!”
As well as go back or forward in time depending on which direction they were walking!
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