Well an Arctic expedition which set out to prove global that warming is
going to kill us all was called of due to weather and ice conditions. well
the reasons are named as "slushy ice, open water, drifting and yes to
underline it all......deep snow, too deep to navigate. Call me cynical but I
thought they went prepared for melt condition ? it was a mission to prove
global warning-yet snow not rain stopped them in their erm.. tracks.

" One World Expedition stops short of first time summer crossing of Arctic
Ocean; explorers vow to continue work on global warming
GRAND MARAIS, MINN., June 3 ---Explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen were
forced today to cut short the first attempt to cross the Arctic Ocean in
summer, but have vowed to continue campaigning for action on human-caused
global climate change, including work with expedition partner Greenpeace.
Unexpected weather conditions, including unusually deep snow and a steady
southerly ice drift, led the explorers to call for an airlift.

Since leaving Cape Arctichesky on Siberia's coast May 10, the team traveled
150 miles but made just 45 miles northward toward the North Pole, unable to
maintain the pace required to complete the trip before winter storms arrive.
They had only a few days of conditions where they could use their skis, and
even then could not make the daily distance required by the expedition plan.

Dangerous broken ice - fields of small pans and brash ice joined by thin
layers of sea ice which would not support the team's weight, forcing them to
swim and break their way forward - constantly moved in a gyroscopic action,
erasing their hard-won progress each night as they slept. Snow fell most
days, building up a deep layer through which travel was extremely difficult
and slow. Daily temperatures spiked above freezing, causing the snow to turn
to slush. The explorers plan to meet with Arctic climate experts to share
their firsthand experience and observations, and to see if conditions this
year were out of the ordinary. "

Go to their site look at at the
sponsers.http://www.oneworldexpedition.com/pressroom.html

I think its a case of

"We will have global warming. We will!"