Articles Tagged "Catlin Arctic Survey"

The latest update from this very brave team of intrepid explorers has announced the following bad news.....let's hope they throw in the towel soon, before they get to the point of no return as per the WUWT article Crew out of time

As if to illustrate how quickly conditions can deteriorate in the Arctic’s inhospitable environment, the resupply was delayed yesterday due to a sudden change in the weather over the fuel cache. When the Twin Otter left Resolute, bound for Eureka, the skies were clear and Kenn Borek flight control issued the thumbs up for the resupply to go ahead. However, in the 3 hours between take off and landing, the conditions changed to such an extent that the onward journey from Eureka was impossible due to low cloud cover.

This has just been posted on the WUWT site:

Walt sent me this essay unsolicited, and I think it is very useful for establishing some baseline techniques. There’s more useful information on techniques here than in the entire Catlin Arctic Survey website. - Anthony

National Snow and Ice Data Center

There have been several recent posts on sea ice thickness, particularly in regards to the Catlin expedition. I don’t have any direct connection to Catlin and in my research focus, I don’t anticipate using the Catlin data. I’m not responding to defend them or their methods. Thus, I can’t address details of their operation. However, from reading the posts and comments it seems like some basics on how sea ice thickness is estimated might be of interest.

Sea ice floats in the ocean. Because sea ice is a lower density than unfrozen water, it floats and a portion (~10-15% depending on density) rises above the water line, while most of the ice (~85-90%) is below the surface. The part of the ice cover above the water line is called the “freeboard”; the portion below is called the “draft”. The sum of the freeboard and the draft is the total ice thickness. There may or may not be snow on top of the ice which can add to the “snow+ice freeboard” and the “snow+ice thickness”.

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This is the latest news report from our intrepid Arctic explorers at the Catlin Arctic Survey, and it looks as if they are going to put the Sun Beds out and get an even tan with the help of "Man Made Climate Change".

The following events could be just a mirage or maybe they are starting to hallucinate, "Open Water", "Thin Ice", and "Warmer Temperatures " are just some of the sound bites used to help you feel as if the Arctic is melting, but it also could be due to the start of the Arctic Spring! Anyway we are glad to hear from them as things have been quiet for a few days

Two big events happened today, both firsts for the Catlin Arctic Survey. The team spotted a seal, the first mammal spotted since leaving Resolute 48 days ago. Where there are seals, there’s always open water! Here in the Ops room in London we’ve been observing ice movements on a grand scale in the area between 85°N and the North Pole. The changes in day-to-day satellite imagery can be staggering, with huge leads suddenly opening up, stretching hundreds of kilometres from east to west.

Thanks to sharp-eyed observers on the US science blog Watts Up With That, we see how Pen Hadow’s much-touted Catlin expedition to measure that disappearing Arctic ice is degenerating into farce. Despite claims by Prince Charles and a galaxy of warmist sponsors that Hadow and his two colleagues would provide “vital scientific data” to show how the ice could soon vanish, the loss of equipment through intense cold has reduced them to measuring the ice with an old feet-and-inches tape measure, Last week their website had to post an apology for providing misleading data, It seems increasingly unlikely the gallant trio will reach the Pole, despite rather more efficient satellite data confirming that the ice is considerably thicker than last year.

Guest post by Steven Goddard

The farcical account of the Catlin Crew continues. You don’t even have to dig deep anymore to find as many holes in their stories as they say they are drilling. In addition to what Steve points out, our own “Charles the moderator” provided the video framegrab below, notice anything interesting? You can watch the Quicktime video showing how they do “drilling and measurement” on the Catlin website developer, Indigopapa.tv

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With each day we feel the wheels are coming off this mission to PROVE "Man Made Climate Change". The following report is from the Guardian, and it has told it as best it can, but one thing it can't do is say how warm it is!!!

Also in my note yesterday concerning the "Official" FaceBook for the Catlin Arctic Survey: NOBODY has kicked me out of this area yet, the FaceBook page is OPEN to all to comment, and that's on how good or bad this expedition has become, it looks like the admin's have left, maybe they had "cold feet" just like the rest of this mission!

Attempts to examine the effects of climate change on sea ice around north pole are hampered by extreme cold and equipment failures

Extreme weather conditions are hampering attempts by a team of three British explorers to survey the Arctic sea ice around the North Pole. The Catlin Arctic survey expedition,, led by the explorer Pen Hadow is travelling around 1,000 km on foot to the pole. The team has been on the ice since February and set off from their base camp on 2 March. They are using sophisticated scientific equipment to survey the ice in order to establish baseline data for later comparison to establish the effects of climate change on the ice.

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I thought I would have a look at what has been said on the FaceBook log for the Catlin Arctic Survey. It's not very good (meaning the information seems to be out of date)......this entry was posted from the WUWT site from the 28th March Impaired Judgment? Reading through the recent blog posts of the Catlin expedition, it has become apparent that they have made errors in judgment. Team member Martin Hartley is suffering from frostbite, and hasn’t been able to sleep for nearly a week...Im not sure if the FaceBook link has ended, I will update when I have more information. If any of you can drop me a comment on this it would help.

This is the latest update from the Official Site...It just repeats our last posting from the BBC?

News of this fiasco from the BBC has come through in drips and drabs, please read the previous article so you can update yourself Arctic team: 'London, we have a problem'. The team are drilling to measure the thickness of the ice layer to "prove" how bad "Man Made Climate Change" has become! Now they have found out something we could have told them, the ice layer has started to grow again!

Will somebody at the BBC please call this mission off so they can all come back in good health.

By David Shukman, Science and environment correspondent, BBC News

Half-way through their expedition to survey the Arctic sea-ice, British explorers have been jinxed by yet more technical problems and are resorting to old-fashioned techniques to carry out research.

On Day 44 of the trek, both a radar device meant to measure the ice thickness and a satellite communications unit to relay the data are still not working - despite being brought back to the UK for repairs and then delivered to the team last week.

As this is turning out to be a "very cool reality" show, we think it's best to fall in line with WUWT and IceCap to bring you a news report from the BBC concerning the "Catlin Arctic Survey". Let's hope these brave and very naive people return safe and sound, and the powers to be, at the BBC, come to their senses about what is happening in that part of the world.

The Arctic is NOT becoming warmer it's becoming colder and the ice sheet that our intrepid explorers have been sent to measure, has started to return to it's normal level. The BBC and other AGW media groups are suffering from "Climate Cognitive Dissonance". They have tried and failed to use this expedition as a way of showing the public at large, how "Man Made Climate Change" has warmed our planet. The general trend of world temperatures for the past 10 years has shown a cooling and NOT warming of the Earth. The main driver of our climate, the Sun, is no longer as active as it has been in the past 50-60 years, for the past 2 years our Sun has gone into hibernation, and as a result, the Earth IS cooling!!

By David Shukman, Science and environment correspondent, BBC News

After enduring ferocious weather, it has emerged that British explorers studying the Arctic are struggling with a series of technical problems.