The Arctic

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

The Sunday Times today reports that the Arctic ice cap is now even melting in winter. So the theory goes, the increasingly warm summers heat up the ocean more and that in turn makes it more difficult to freeze again in winter. Plausible, I thought.

That's bad news for the polar bear but good news for Sarah Palin who wants them off the endangered list anyway. I'm trying to help. My carbon footprint is well down since I left work: I have only done 17 flights this year.

They say that when the Greenland ice cap goes, the cold water run off will bugger the Gulf Stream so then we might really see 'The Day after tomorrow' - live!

So if you have the time and money, go see it before it's gone. Here's a glimpse of my trip around the Svalbard archipelago in 2006:

Mind you, we were told that it was just like this back in 1897 so maybe there is a little hope. Somehow I doubt it.