Shayne wrote:
well what did they expect to encounter ?!

Expect or Want?

Had they stayed at home they could have listened to me instead:

Another clue in the disposition of oceanic/meteorological oscillations
seems to be a drought in the UK (and prehaps all of NW Europe?) that
will -this coming winter, ensure that there is not a flux of low salt
inflow from the Baltic into the Arctic.

In which case the whole scheme of the global conveyor themohaline
circuit is to undergo a massive rethink.

200 year cycle, my arse.