Comments on: 2008: The Summer Santa Drowned? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:42:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: As Arctic Ice Disappears, So Could Japan’s Ice Tourism | Discoblog | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/comment-page-1/#comment-12251 As Arctic Ice Disappears, So Could Japan’s Ice Tourism | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:55:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/#comment-12251 [...] as DISCOVER has previously noted, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean is on the steep decline, so much so that scientists trying [...] [...] as DISCOVER has previously noted, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean is on the steep decline, so much so that scientists trying [...]

]]> By: Dave Horry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/comment-page-1/#comment-11860 Dave Horry Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:51:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/#comment-11860 Nothing new about this at the north pole. USS Seadragon. 25th aug 1960. 'surfaced in open water' then Played a game of Baseball https://www.usna.com/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=663&srcid=502 Photo at the pole http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0857806.jpg Also http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic15-2-86.pdf USS Seadragon and USS Skate rendezvous in open water at north pole. Seadragon (SSN-584), foreground, and her sister Skate (SSN-578) during a rendezvous at the North Pole in August 1962. (see the men on the ice in the background). Photo http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0858411.jpg USS Queenfish. Arrived at the North Pole on Aug. 5, 1970, rising through open water. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18arctic.html On Aug. 5, the Queenfish became the 10th American submarine to reach the geographic North Pole. It then surfaced through a hole in the ice about 500 yards away. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/14/science/031808Arctic_5.html Commander McLaren posing with the Hawaiian state flag at the North Pole. (The home port of the Queenfish is Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.) http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/14/science/031808Arctic_7.html HMS Superb, USS Billfish, USS Sea Devil. 18th May 1987 U.S. and British sailors explore the Arctic ice cap while conducting the first U.S./British coordinated surfacing at the North Pole. The ships are, left to right: the nuclear-powered attack submarine Sea Devil (SSN-664), the fleet submarine HMS Superb (S-109) , and the nuclear-powered attack submarine Billfish (SSN-676), 18 May 1987. http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0866408.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0866403.jpg Nothing new about this at the north pole.
USS Seadragon. 25th aug 1960. ’surfaced in open water’ then Played a game of Baseball
https://www.usna.com/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=663&srcid=502
Photo at the pole http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0857806.jpg
Also http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic15-2-86.pdf

USS Seadragon and USS Skate rendezvous in open water at north pole.
Seadragon (SSN-584), foreground, and her sister Skate (SSN-578) during a rendezvous at the North Pole in August 1962. (see the men on the ice in the background).
Photo http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0858411.jpg

USS Queenfish. Arrived at the North Pole on Aug. 5, 1970, rising through open water.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18arctic.html
On Aug. 5, the Queenfish became the 10th American submarine to reach the geographic North Pole. It then surfaced through a hole in the ice about 500 yards away.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/14/science/031808Arctic_5.html
Commander McLaren posing with the Hawaiian state flag at the North Pole. (The home port of the Queenfish is Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.)
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/14/science/031808Arctic_7.html

HMS Superb, USS Billfish, USS Sea Devil. 18th May 1987
U.S. and British sailors explore the Arctic ice cap while conducting the first U.S./British coordinated surfacing at the North Pole. The ships are, left to right: the nuclear-powered attack submarine Sea Devil (SSN-664), the fleet submarine HMS Superb (S-109) , and the nuclear-powered attack submarine Billfish (SSN-676), 18 May 1987.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0866408.jpg
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0866403.jpg

]]> By: Russians Studying Ice Flee Their Melting Home | Discoblog | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/comment-page-1/#comment-9842 Russians Studying Ice Flee Their Melting Home | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:48:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/#comment-9842 [...] this month, we wrote that Santa Claus might have no home this summer as scientists speculate that the Earth could see an ice-free North Pole. Now Russian scientists [...] [...] this month, we wrote that Santa Claus might have no home this summer as scientists speculate that the Earth could see an ice-free North Pole. Now Russian scientists [...]

]]> By: seriouslymedia » Blog Archive » Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle: Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/comment-page-1/#comment-8278 seriouslymedia » Blog Archive » Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle: Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:14:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/03/2008-the-summer-santa-drowned/#comment-8278 [...] scientists predict that Arctic sea ice could break up and leave a large patch of open water at the North Pole this summer for the first time in human history. Satellite data from recent weeks [...] [...] scientists predict that Arctic sea ice could break up and leave a large patch of open water at the North Pole this summer for the first time in human history. Satellite data from recent weeks [...]

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