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That newspaper that houses the magnificent Christopher Booker has gone
'native'

Today they run a story about the 'Catlin Three', Apparently Pen Hadow
claims he drilled 20 odd drillings per day whilst pulling all that
gear for 73 day across thin ice for at 3.7 miles per day? How did he
find the energy and time?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/env...-thin-ice.html

Of course he could have saved himself the effort as the Alfred Wegener
Institute
had just done all the scientific work from a WWII era workhorse
Douglas DC-3 airplane equipped with skis, and towing an airborne
sounder twenty meters above the ice surface. It took four weeks to
complete and guess what they found out the ice was far thicker than
expected and far thicker then Pen Hadow measured.

http://www.awi.de/en/news/press_rele...ash=ff957775e4

'Somewhat thicker than during the last two years' not 'far thicker than
expected'.
Tut tut Lawence, putting a spin on something, what you are always accusing
global warming supporters of doing!


The ice certainly covers a greater area that any of the past 7 years at
least:
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/...Ice_Extent.png


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Brian Wakem