Posted on 03/28/2010 9:34:09 PM PDT by This Just In
Global Warming Activist, Journalist, Perish in Antarctica
Global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist were found frozen to death only 90 miles from their destination, South Pole Station, seen here during the warm season.
(Punta Arenas, Chile) Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station, by the pilot of a ski plane practicing emergency evacuation procedures.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing", recounted the pilot, Jimmy Dolittle. "There were two snowmobiles with cargo sleds, a tent, and a bright orange rope that had been laid out on the ice, forming the words, 'HELP-COLD'".
One friend of Prof. Schneider told ecoEnquirer that he had been planning a trip to an ice sheet to film the devastation brought on by global warming. His wife, Linda, said that she had heard him discussing the trip with his environmental activist friends, but she assumed that he was talking about the Greenland ice sheet, a much smaller ice sheet than Antarctica.
"He kept talking about when they 'get down to chili', and I thought they were talking about the order in which they would consume their food supplies", Mrs. Schneider recounted. "I had no idea they were talking about Chile, the country from which you usually fly or sail in order to reach Antarctica".
Apparently, while all of Prof. Schneider's friends were assuming that the July trek would be to Greenland, during Northern Hemisphere summer, his plans were actually to snowmobile to the South Pole - which, in July, is in the dead of winter.
Mr. Dolittle related how some people do not realize that, even if there has been warming in Antarctica, the average temperature at the South Pole in July still runs about 70 degrees F below zero. "Some people think that July is warm everywhere on Earth."
"And I was surprised to see how close they got to South Pole Station. They ran through all of their gas supplies for the snowmobiles", explained Doolittle. "They had cold weather gear and clothes, but during this time of year you just don't go outside unless it is an emergency."
"At least James died for something he believed in", said Mrs. Schneider. "He died while trying to raise awareness of the enormous toll that global warming is taking on the Earth."
I'm guessing it is made up.
Today, the temperature at the NORTH Pole was 45 degrees F.
Hahahahaahahahahah. Oh my gawd!!!! Bwahahahahahaha. It REALLY is cold in Anarctica in the winter. Probably was so frickin STUPID that he didn’t realize the seasons south of the equator are opposite those in the north. ...... Or really believed that it was warm now. Too funny
Yes it was a spoof. Thank you for the reminder to us all. “Trust, but verify”.
I nominate this jerk for the number one spot at the DARWIN awards.
A bit early...it isn’t April 1st yet! ;-)
An old (but good) spoof.
The main problem with today’s re-posting is that the timing is a wee bit off. It is currently March and not July.
K A R M A .......
I did a quick Snopes search but didn’t find anything...but the Jimmy Dolittle pilot seems a little too coincidental.
Heatstroke?
When a person tells a lie enough times they tend to believe it themselves.
I think the wife’s statement of getting down to chili was a clue. I guess it is possible for the professor’s wife to be that clueless.
POETIC JUSTICE?
Having spent over a decade flying all over Antarctica and Greenland I can tell you it has killed many an idiot. They are tragic...but on occasion, sadly humerous!
“At least James died for something he believed in”, said Mrs. Schneider. “He died while trying to raise awareness of the enormous toll that global warming is taking on the Earth.”
You just can’t make this stuff up!
A globull warming nutcase FREEZES TO DEATH!
I think this is a satire site. These are supposed to be floating islands in the Bermuda Triangle. +
“Today, the temperature at the NORTH Pole was 45 degrees F.”
The high temperature at the North Pole was projected to be around 0 degrees F today. Where are you getting your information.
This article is obviously a satire. Neither Bing nor Google return any hits for a global warming activist by this name other than the referenced article. It’s interesting that the “journalist” is never named. Of course, other readers pointed out the “coincidental” name of the pilot, Jimmy Doolittle, and the very bad pun on Chile by an utterly clueless spouse.
I follow the global warming debate closely and especially enjoy in a schadenfreude sort of way all of the ignorant buffoons who almost get themselves killed venturing into high latitudes to prove global warming. The latest I can recall is the Pen Hadow expedition of last year. Like their predecessors, they came nowhere near achieving their goals, ran out of supplies, almost froze to death and had to be rescued. Were only this story true.
It is a satire site. Thank you. But,the site is brilliant in it’s “reporting”.
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