From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Ellen K. wrote:
> Maybe it's related to companies chopping up the ice to distill in order
> to have a better marketing edge for vodka and bottled water.  An article
> in the current Smithsonian titled "They Shoot Icebergs, Don't They?",
> reports that Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corporation expects to "harvest"
> about 3,000 tons of ice in 2005.
>



Though an iceberg floating free is not part of the ice pack......& it
could come from a mountain based glacier.


Adam

> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:15:49 +0100, Adam
> <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote in
> message :
>
>
>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1580613,00.html
>>
>>& many others.
>>
>>At current rates there should be no sea ice in the summer by 2060 & then
>>no sea ice period by 2100.
>>
>>But hey we ain't evolved (or had designed & added on later by an
>>intangible figure of belief) webbed feet yet so it can't be our fault.
>>
>>Still.... definitly time to start thinking about abandoning the
>>Netherlands, & most coastal areas & cities.
>>
>>Heck we don't need most of them any way & think of the diving
>>opportunities Houston, New Orleans, New York etc offer. Washington was a
>>a swamp & will be once more so start thinking where you may want to put
>>your capital city. London will have to move too.
>>
>>However time to also consider an "adopt a polar bear"
campaign or start
>>slinging them waaay down south.
>>
>>Adam
>
>

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