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Helicopter Rescue For All Passengers Aboard Antarctic Research Ship

The BBC reports (with video) that all aboard the ice-trapped MV Akademik Shokalskiy have been rescued by helicopter, after more than one icebreaker attempt to reach the vessel directly proved too challenging. Also at the New York Times, which reports "The twin-rotored helicopter, based on a Chinese icebreaker, the Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, flew several sorties across miles of packed ice to pluck scientists, tourists and journalists from a makeshift landing zone next to the marooned MV Akademik Shokalskiy research vessel."

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  1. GJ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I love good news, it's a shame there is not more of it.

  2. Re:Global warming. by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, actually, it's called climate change, at least originally, because that was a euphemism developed by a conservative think tank to make the results sound more palatable. It's called climate change now, because not all parts of the globe would warm. Unpredictability is just weather being weather, and has very little to do with climate at all.

  3. Re:Global warming. by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know. When do economic models predict I'll win the lottery?

  4. Re:Global warming. by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you can't recognize single incident evidence as more than just being a smart ass than you don't understand the idea of evidence. You flap your lips a lot but you never say much. Step up or shut up.

    Doubling down. Okay. If bank of America's stock is down today against yesterday, what does that say about where the DJI will be next year?

    Congratulations, if you said anything at all, you're an idiot who jumps to conclusions.

  5. Re:Global warming. by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I gave my real answer, actually.
    It was "I don't know." Which is appropriate because climate data has no relevant to day-to-day weather. And I illustrated that point with a similar question.

    Rather than address the main point, you compared me to nazis(not wanting to damage the economic output of the world by excessive emissions is ethically identical to genocide), made up claims I've never made, and made yourself sound like a crazy person.

  6. Re:Global warming. by Kookus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    you're being trolled.