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- Climate Advocate Ship of Fools University Bans Teaching Potentially Offensive Facts Mon, 1 Jul 19, 2:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JaneHM – the University of New South Wales, the home university of Chris Turney, leader of the Ship of Fools expedition which got stuck in the Antarctic ice, has just forbidden lecturers...
- Claim: Aboriginals Torched the Australian Landscape Because of Sea Level Rise Wed, 17 Jan 18, 2:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Ship of Fools expedition leader Chris Turney shares more of his climate wisdom. Australia’s coastal living is at risk from sea level rise, but it’s happened before January 16, 2018 6.06am AEDT...
- The Penguin Strikes Back Wed, 17 Feb 16, 9:32amGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, once again we’ve proven that Mark Twain was right when he observed that “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” … but...
- #spiritofmawson ship of fools to get the rescue cost bill from Australian government Sat, 25 Jan 14, 5:28amUh, oh: Federal Government to seek full cost recovery for Antarctic expedition rescue Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt yesterday said costs, estimated at about $2.4 million, would be sought from the insurer of the...
- Akademic Shokalskiy makes it back to port, #spiritofmawson ship of fools still stuck in Antarctica Tue, 14 Jan 14, 7:15amThe comedy just keeps on coming. Plus, now it seems that Turney failed to get some approvals, and his welcome home may not be all the happy. Maybe he’ll stay in Antarctica. After having to prematurely abandon their...
- The cause of the Akademik Shokalskiy getting stuck in Antarctica – delay from sightseeing mishaps and dawdling by the passengers getting back on ship Fri, 3 Jan 14, 1:13pmThis pretty much nails the cause of the situation, and blows expedition leader Chris Turney’s claim about being “surprised” about the situation literally out of the water...
- Now that the ‘Ship of Fools’ is safe in Antarctica, tough questions need to be asked Fri, 3 Jan 14, 3:27amSince the Guardian reporters shown above probably won’t do anything but complain about beds and lack of milkshakes (that video has now been “disappeared”) while writing glowing reports about the “adventure”...
- Newsbytes: Ship Of Fools Rescued At Last Fri, 3 Jan 14, 1:29amAn Icy Blast Of Scepticism Greets Climate Expedition Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy...
- Saving the Antarctic scientists, er media, er, activists, er tourists trapped by sea ice Mon, 30 Dec 13, 6:04amUPDATE: get a load of the hilarious announcement from the expedition, where they claim sea ice is disappearing, see update 2 below. There’s quite an ongoing worldwide fascination over the So much sea ice in Antarctica...