Frankly, makes me larf out loud: a boatload, literally, of Global Warming fuzz-head alarmists — out to prove Global Warming — found themselves hemmed in by the very ice they sought to disprove.
Ain’t life odd?
BZ
The terribly irony of it all
Bloviating Zeppelin
Right thinking from a Left brain.
You can bet tax payers from more than one nation will pay the cost of rescuing their privalged asses.
I submit: not. The US will end up footing the ultimate bill.
YOU. ME.
Because the Polar Star will succeed.
BZ
I just hope that OUR USA icebreaker gets thru.
US Icebreakers:
United States Coast Guard
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)
USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) (1944–2006; museum ship)
USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278) (1944–1974; broken up)
USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) (1944–1968; broken up in 1976–1977)
USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) (1944–1974; broken up in 1976)
USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281)(1944–1988; likely broken up)
USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) (1945–1989; broken up in 1999)
USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) (1946–1978; broken up in 1982)
USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) (1947–1974; broken up in 1980)
USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) (1955–1987; broken up in 2012)
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) (1977–2006, 2013–; in service)
USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) (1978–2010; out of service and awaiting disposal as of 2013)
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) (2000–; in service)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) (2006–; in service)
Russian nuclear icebreakers:
Nuclear-powered icebreakers
Russian nuclear icebreaker Yamal
Lenin (1959–1989; museum ship in Murmansk)
Arktika (1975–2008; decommissioned and awaiting disposal)
Sibir (1977–1992; decommissioned and awaiting disposal)
Rossiya (1985–)
Taymyr (1989–)
Vaygach (1990–)
Sovetskiy Soyuz (1990–)
Yamal (1992–)
50 Let Pobedy (2007–)
BZ
The USCG has three icebreakers.
Meaning: the US has one newer and two older icebreakers.
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) (1977–2006, 2013–; in service)
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) (2000–; in service)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) (2006–; in service)
BZ
There is actually a move to put Polar Sea through upkeep and keep her on line. Polar Star is the ONLY USCG icebreaker in the Pacific. And you’re right, WE will get the bill.