 Reality TV jet skiers rescued in Northwest Passage The Canadian Coast Guard rescued a group of Americans who attempted to travel through the Northwest Passage on jet skis as part of a reality television show.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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They should have arrested them.
That kind of stupidity should be against the law.
Rescued them?
They should have arrested them.
That kind of stupidity should be against the law.
Nay don't arrest them send them a bill. We could start a trend do something stupid pay the SAR bill. You have to go back 14 months or so to get a month that didn't have snow for the high artic. Ice and cold I'm shocked imagine that
Jackasses.
Yeah, ain't that the truth, they're coming from everywhere these days.....
More Al Gore fanbois who believe the shit in the liberal media about the passage being open.
I just hope these idiots learned something, although I really don't think they will.
"We expected ... well, we expected to make it through,"
Steve Moll, expedition leader and star of Dangerous Waters told CBC News.
The Coast Guard should total up exactly what costs they incurred rescuing these fools and make damn sure the producers of this "Dangerous Waters" program pay the bill in full before being allowed to remove any of their gear from Canadian territory.
Or what about that crew sponsored by some insurance company who were going to prove how the ice was thinning by doing Mickey Mouse, Science-y experiments, measuring the ice on their way to the North Pole. They didn't make it that first year, I know. There were some bitches from Canadians who had to pay for the rescue and cleanup. I don't know, maybe they tried it again, but they'd run out of goodwill, even from the pandering press, by nature of their looking so ridiculous not even their media propagandists could sell it, so I never heard about it if they did try again.
Then there was that hilarious one, where that teen girl got on TV showing how her and her Dad had taken a leisurely walk to the North Pole one summer. Oh yeah, she had great video of the penguins they saw up there. The audience bots, bought it.
And there was one years back...I think it was some sort of little cruise ship got caught in the ice trying to do the passage. Whatever it was, I remember a Russian icebreaker had to go rescue them. It was news. They were there for some time. Something to do with complications of who would rescue them. I remember there was something about the Canadians were not equipped, or something.
North West Passage blocked with ice - yachts caught
The Passage has become blocked with 5/10 concentrated drifting sea ice at both the eastern and at the western ends of Canada’s Arctic Archipelago. At least 22 yachts and other vessels are in the Arctic at the moment. Some who were less advanced have retreated and others have abandoned their vessels along the way. Still others are caught in the ice in an unfolding, unresolved drama.
The real question is if and when the Canadian Coast Guard(CCG) decides to take early action to help the yachts exit the Arctic before freeze-up... or will they wait until it becomes an emergency rescue operation?
The first blockage area is at Prince Regent Inlet in position 73.7880535N, -89.2529297W which became blocked on 27th August with 5/10 ice concentration with 7/10 ice pushing.
This effectively closes the 2013 Northwest Passage without Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker escorts for transit. The alternative is a very technical and risky southern navigation through Fury & Hecla Strait mostly blocked with sea ice.
Currently there is a commercial cruise ship on a west to east passage which will reach Prince Regent Inlet in another day. It is unknown if there is a CCG icebreaker in the area to provide assistance since government ships do not provide Automatic Identification Service (AIS) to public AIS websites.
Since one of the Canadian Coast Guard’s prime missions is to provide icebreaking for commercial shipping it will be interesting to see if Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Government views this as an opportunity for good public relations to help recreational yachts transiting the Northwest Passage.
Another choke-point stopping marine traffic is on the western Canadian Arctic at Cape Bathurst in position 70.6672443N, -128.2763672W which became blocked on 26th August with 2/10 ice concentration and quickly filled with 5/10 ice on 27th August and today has 8/10 ice pushing towards Cape Bathurst. Latest word is the ice is retreating at an agonizing 1 nautical mile per day northward.
Empiricus - one of the ice-blocked yachts, still smiling - © Environment Canada
There are a number of yachts known to be in the Cambridge Bay area heading west: ACALEPHE (CA), ISATIS (NEW CALEDONIA), LA BELLE EPOQUE (DE), LIBELLULE (CHE), NOEME (FRA), and TRAVERSAY III (CA). PAS PERDU LE NORD (DE) was ahead by 10 days and has already gone on to Arctic Alaska waters. While BALTHAZAR (CA) departed from Inuvik a month ago and is now on the hard in Nome Alaska.
The following yachts are enroute from the west to the east: ANNA (?), rowboat ARCTIC JOULE (CA), DODO'S DELIGHT (GBR), EMPIRICUS (USA). rowboat FAIRMONT's PASSION (USA), tandem-kayak IKIMAYIA (CA), in Russian sea ice is LADY DANA (POL), POLAR BOUND (GBR), rowboat ROWING ICE (FRA), in Russian sea ice is TARA (FRA), and a group of jetskis known as DANGEROUS WATERS (USA) reported east of Gjoa Haven.
Several updates on known others:
LE MANGUIER (FRA) is wintering over in the ice at Paulatuk. Motor Yacht Lady M II (Marshal Islands) was escorted by CCGS icebreaker HENRY LARSEN through Bellot Strait eastbound on 20130824. ARCTIC TERN (GBR) and TOOLUKA (NED) retreated to the east towards Greenland/Newfoundland away from Bellot Strait on 20130822 with the opinion that the Arctic ice was finished melting and freeze-up would prevent them from reaching the Northwest Passage finish line at the Arctic Circle in the Bering Strait.
If they are too stupid to do the research then they should have to pay!! Even I know there hadn't been a month this year with out snow fall up there!! Ok I know cause it was a slow news day and it was filler but still.
That isn't what happened. What did happen has some doom and gloomers talking global cooling now. I imagine it's all your fault - you human beings - as usual.
Here's some more on this year's cooling Arctic.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z2eKA8FK7L