Gobel Warming Causing Large Ice Pack

Al Gore is lying and he knows it - Why do so many people fall for this crap?! Read on good people.


Rescuers smash through to ships trapped in pack ice

Canadian Press

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Coast guard icebreakers were smashing through a massive expanse of pack ice Wednesday in a bid to free about 100 sealing vessels stuck off Newfoundland's northeast coast and southern Labrador.

A spokesman for the Canadian Coast Guard said at least 10 vessels, in an area off Fogo Island, were in “extreme difficulty” with the risk that ice could pierce their hulls.
There were also three vessels in a similar predicament off southern Labrador, in the Strait of Belle Isle.
Local fishermen say the ice conditions are the worst they've seen in more than 20 years.
Related to this article

A crew member walks across the ice in front of the icebound ship Labrador Concept in the harbour in St.Anthony, Nfld., recently. The crews of several sealing ships trapped off Newfoundland's northeastern coast and southern Labrador were forced to flee their vessels on Wednesday. (Aaron Beswick, The Northern Pen/CP files)

Brian Penney, a superintendent with the coast guard in Newfoundland and Labrador, said helicopters could be called in to rescue stranded crews as a northeast wind continues to jam the ice floes together.
“There's vessels disabled, there's vessels damaged. There's crews that are out on the ice because there's quite a possibility that their vessels may sink or the vessels are out on their sides,” he said.
“There's a strong possibility that there will be other crews we may have to rescue by coast guard ship or helicopter.”

Earlier in the day, a helicopter airlifted the crew from the Dad and Sons, which was damaged by ice off Fogo Island.

Mr. Penney said the stricken vessel is in danger of sinking.
“She's damaged and just listed out on the ice, and once the ice pressure comes off there's a good possibility the vessel will sink,” he said.
Meanwhile, the coast guard is trying to get supplies to those vessels that are “in most dire straits,” Mr. Penney said.
“Supplies are starting to run very low, in addition to fuel.”
Frank Pinhorn, executive director of the Canadian Sealers Association, said the amount of ice was unprecedented.

“Ice conditions are some of the most severe we've seen in 25 to 30 years,” Mr. Pinhorn said.
“I've talked to a lot of sealers and they've got holes punched in their new boats and they're taking on water.”

Search and rescue officials said the vessel Sir Wilfred Grenfell, which ventured further than it normally does into the pack ice, is also having difficulty and will need help from other icebreakers.
Another coast guard vessel, the George R. Pearkes, has been trying to reach the Grenfell, along with other vessels that have been pushed close to shore by the heaving ice.

The coast guard said two vessels in the Strait of Belle Isle — the Southern Pride and the Labrador Current — were in severe difficulty.

The crew of the Southern Pride had abandoned the vessel and was waiting on the ice for help, while many vessels in other areas were also being monitored.

Poor weather conditions grounded rescue aircraft and the Quebec-based icebreaker Desgrosier, which has been working in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was called in to help.

Mr. Penney said many of the crews are reluctant to abandon their vessels as most sealers consider that option a last resort.

In “the worst-case scenarios” boats are sandwiched by the thick, moving ice and their hulls are cracked open.