http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/northpole/ en-us Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:56:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082254/posts Ever since Russia planted a flag under the North Pole last year, the issue of sovereign rights under an increasingly slushy arctic has tensed. In a race to claim ownership of some of the arctic seabed, a two-ship caravan of Canadian and U.S. scientists is sailing around the Arctic Ocean right now. Their mission, which will last from September 6th to October 1st, is to measure the seabed and the continental margins in an attempt to solidify our possible rights over the far north—an area that will become accessible to oil drilling and mining as the earth warms and arctic... popsci.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082254/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:56:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072172/posts With another hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the so-called “bridge to nowhere,” championed by Alaska’s Congressional delegation on behalf of the people of Ketchikan, just won’t go away. Three years ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the plan to spend hundreds of millions to connect Ketchikan with its airport on Gravina Island became a national symbol of Congressional excess, much to the dismay of Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young. Sen. John McCain has made it a habit to ridicule the bridge project during his presidential campaign. McCain has promised to veto any bill sent to... The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072172/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 03:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057903/posts New British map outlines potential lines of argument in battle for future energy resources. In a survey that could both help resolve and fuel the international dispute over energy resources in the Arctic, British researchers have concluded that both Denmark and Russia can claim the right to expand their sea borders to the North Pole. Five countries – Canada, Norway, the United States as well as Denmark and Russia – have territory within the Arctic Circle and, under international conventions, enjoy the right to economic zones within 200 nautical miles of their shores. These zones can, however, be expanded to... European Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057903/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041906/posts How to be dishonest without actually lying A lesson from the mainstream media in dishonestyBy Mark Pfister The Independent recently published an article exclaiming, “Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole"! The subtitle was "Polar scientists reveal dramatic new evidence of climate change".Upon first glance this sounds pretty crazy; no ice at the North Pole?! Global warming (climate change) is getting serious now; maybe those people denying man-made global warming (climate change) really are as bad as Ahmadinejad and all those crazy holocaust deniers. Before we even get into the article let’s consider one thing. As a result of the... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041906/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038896/posts Climate Change: While the media scream that man-made global warming is making the North Pole ice-free, another possible cause is as old as the Earth itself. They just have to look deeper.To the delight of Al Gore and the rest of the Gaia groupies, scientists at the National Snow & Ice Data Center in Colorado are predicting that the North Pole will be completely free of ice this summer. The apocalyptic headlines already are starting to appear. "From the viewpoint of science, the North Pole is just another point on the globe, but symbolically it is hugely important," says the... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038896/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038664/posts Over the past few days, a plethora of articles have been published saying that Arctic ice is melting at a faster rate than last year, which was a recent historical record, and the North Pole will soon be ice free. The graphic below and link to this thread show the opposite: Compare (Arctic) Daily Sea IceAssociated web page:The Cryosphere Today As for the North Pole being ice free, there are openings in the sea ice that don't mean the entire surrounding area is free of ice:The Top of the World: Is the North Pole Turning to Water? University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038664/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:40:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037447/posts It's been proclaimed by scientists: Santa's doomed. The North Pole will have melted by the end of the summer. To which I say, let's wait and see (literally)! Global Warming alarmists are getting desperate, throwing terrorism and Santa's home into the mix to scare us. So, my humble radio show/podcast website now features a "North Pole Global Warming Cam". Link to the story in question, and audio, is available there. Freep on! The Scott Fuller Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037447/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037417/posts Character from climatescience.com on Fox now. Warns that the North Pole may (50-50 chance) COMPLETELY MELT this summer because of "global warning." This will, he says, create an ever accelerating melt of the Arctic that will be unstoppable. This sounds like good news for shipping and oil drilling to me. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037417/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:02:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037073/posts PARIS (AFP) - Recent massive volcanoes have risen from the ocean floor deep under the Arctic ice cap, spewing plumes of fragmented magma into the sea, scientists who filmed the aftermath reported Wednesday. The eruptions -- as big as the one that buried Pompei -- took place in 1999 along the Gakkel Ridge, an underwater mountain chain snaking 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles) from the northern tip of Greenland to Siberia. Scientists suspected even at the time that a simultaneous series of earthquakes were linked to these volcanic spasms. But when a team led of scientists led by Robert Sohn of... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037073/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:37:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037161/posts (CNN) -- The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. It's a 50-50 bet that the thin Arctic sea ice, which was frozen last autumn, will completely melt away at the geographic North Pole, Serreze said. Serreze said it's "just another indicator of the disappearing Arctic sea ice cover" but that it is happening so soon is "just astounding to me." "Five years ago, to think that we'd even be talking about the possibility of the North... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037161/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:48:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036941/posts Study finds Arctic seabed afire with lava-spewing volcanoes The Arctic seabed is as explosive geologically as it is politically judging by the "fountains" of gas and molten lava that have been blasting out of underwater volcanoes near the North Pole. "Explosive volatile discharge has clearly been a widespread, and ongoing, process," according to an international team that sent unmanned probes to the strange fiery world beneath the Arctic ice. They returned with images and data showing that red-hot magma has been rising from deep inside the earth and blown the tops off dozens of submarine volcanoes, four kilometres below the... canada.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036941/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037107/posts After a 2007 polar meltdown that sparked global concern, experts say the stage is set for another record-setting retreat of Arctic Ocean ice - with a top Canadian climate scientist already bracing for the once-unthinkable: open water at the North Pole. "The North Pole may be free of ice for the first time in history," University of Manitoba polar specialist David Barber told Canwest News Service on Monday. Canwest News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037107/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026845/posts SYDNEY: A reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles could happen sooner than we think, according to Dutch scientists who report that the planet's magnetic field is becoming gradually less stable. A reversal could affect everything from navigation and communications equipment to the composition of the atmosphere, say experts. The report, published today in the U.K. journal Nature Geoscience, found that reversals have been far more common in the last 200 million years than they were deep in the planet's history. Wandering polesResearchers, led by Andrew Biggin of the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, made the discovery by analysing rocks... Cosmos Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026845/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 02:06:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021152/posts Here's the good news: this summer's Arctic ice melt means an early start to the Hudson Bay shipping season. Forecasts show Coast Guard icebreakers will no longer be necessary for shipping to Churchill after July 16. That's 15 days earlier than the average ice-free shipping date of July 31, which means re-supply barges should able to reach communities in Nunavut's Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions that much earlier. But the down side to the retreat of the Arctic's thin ice cover is a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will become ice-free this September - for the first time in more... Nunatsiaq News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021152/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 20:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011287/posts ON THE NBC nightly news there was a heart-throb report of an attractive British teen-ager who had skied across the North Pole with her father to demonstrate how the Arctic ice pack is receding in the face of global warming. Oh, horror. Oh, how terrible. The pictures were beautiful: Her pretty face, her gentle smile, her soft voice, her snow-crusted parka, the blue skies, the brilliant white ice, the cascading chunks of ice calving from glaciers, the two penguins standing on an ice flow. Wait a minute. Penguins? At the North Pole? Not that we ever heard of. So much... Voice of the Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011287/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 03:10:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008048/posts You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility. "The set-up for this summer is disturbing," says Mark Serreze, of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). A number of factors have this year led to most of the Arctic ice being thin and vulnerable as it enters its summer melting season. In September 2007, Arctic sea ice reached a record low, opening up the fabled North-West passage that... ABC news technology and science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008048/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:53:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937153/posts Seattle - In an open letter to Santa last week and a speech to children at Seattle’s Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Westlake Center, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels last week offered a Grinch-like tone, grumbling about climate change threatening Santa, telling kids “I hope the reindeer can swim,” and blaming them and their energy-sucking video games for melting Arctic ice. As Nickels spoke, his assistants handed out stickers admonishing the crowd to “Save Santa.” Washington Policy Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937153/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:12:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909126/posts BERLIN, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- What may turn into a Cold War-like resource conflict started quietly, with a vehicle called "Peace 1" some 2,500 miles below the North Pole. The Mir 1 miniature submarine, manned with three Russian scientists, on Aug. 2 planted a titanium capsule with a Russian flag into the seabed -- a symbol for Russia’s controversial claim of the vast resources that are believed to be stored below it. For the Russians and other states surrounding the North Pole, global warming may yet mean a financial blessing. U.S. scientist published a piece in Science that foresees record... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909126/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1901597/posts The Russian Natural Resources Ministry says samples of earth taken from where their navy planted a flag on the seabed below the North Pole show beyond doubt that the Arctic is Russian. “Extensive testing has shown that these soils are thoroughly permeated with the DNA of Russian prisoners who perished in the Gulags,” said Josef Zhukovsky, spokesman for the Ministry. “It is incontrovertible that Russians got there first. This precedence proves our claim to this land.” Apparently, the thousands of corpses thrown into the northerly flowing rivers that ran past the numerous concentration camps that served to house opponents of... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1901597/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:10:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900847/posts Russian bombers fly Alaska, Canada coastsPosted : Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:47 GMT MOSCOW, Sept. 21 Russia resumed long-range military flights along the coasts of Alaska and Canada after a 17-year hiatus. The two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers participated in scheduled exercise drills that began Tuesday and were to end Friday, Itar-Tass reported. The bombers, monitored on their flights by NATO planes, returned to their home airfield Thursday via the North Pole, Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky told Itar-Tass. Russia resumed long-range flights to remote areas on order from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has said the flights are a security precaution... Earth Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900847/posts#comment Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882880/posts Russia recently planted a flag under the North Pole. (Reuters: Reuters Television) Norway has called on countries with land bordering the Arctic region to stop the race to claim sovereignty over the region's vast mineral resources. Two weeks ago, a Russian mission to the North Pole planted a Russian flag on the Arctic sea-bed, while Denmark and the United States have sent expeditions to the region. But Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere says there are established procedures to deal with the issue. "If anybody is under the belief that we solve this by racing up there with flags or... abc.net.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882880/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:36:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881740/posts Swedish researchers have joined Danish colleagues in an attempt to establish Denmark's claims to parts of the Arctic region. The expedition follows the planting of a flag on the underwater Lomonosov Ridge by a Russian expedition last week. The expedition, led by Swedish icebreaker Oden, set off from Norway on Sunday. It is being led jointly by Martin Jakobsson of Stockholm University and Christian Marcussen of the Geological Survey of Denmark. The Danes claim that the ridge is on the same continental shelf as Greenland, which is a Danish territory. They hope that the expedition will prove the country's claim... www.thelocal.se http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881740/posts#comment Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880788/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is headed to the Arctic this week on a mapping mission to determine whether part of this area can be considered U.S. territory, after recent polar forays by Russia and Canada. The four-week cruise of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy starts Friday and aims to map the sea floor on the northern Chukchi Cap, an underwater plateau that extends from Alaska's North Slope some 500 miles northward. This is the third such U.S. Arctic mapping cruise -- others were in 2003 and 2004 -- and is not a response to a Russian... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880788/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:48:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880202/posts CANADA has said it will build two new military bases in its far north as the battle for claims over Arctic Ocean resources heats up. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement during a tour of Canada's northern territories. It comes as a Danish mission prepares to sail to the North Pole to map the seabed under the ice. Last week, a Russian expedition planted the country's flag on the floor of the Arctic Ocean under the North Pole. Mr Harper said a cold-weather army training base would be set up at Resolute Bay and an existing port at a... scotsman.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880202/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:39:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879303/posts News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The images were reproduced around the world - including by the Guardian and Guardian Unlimited - alongside the story of Russia planting its flag below the North Pole on Thursday last week. Titanic error: Reuters issued this film still with a story about the Russian flag being planted beneath the North Pole. Photograph: Reuters The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879303/posts#comment Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:29:05 GMT