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March 13, 2007
bancroft-arnesen to seek evidence of global warming in minneapolis
The first thing to go were those little paper umbrellas that you put in Mai-Tai's. There just wasn't enough room on their sled, what with the beach gear and suntan lotion.
But they never got to don wetsuits and swim through tepid seas choked with polar bear carcasses. They never got to take pictures of the melting icecap, to post them on their blog, and broadcast the bad news into children's classrooms like two astronauts high atop the world. They never got to do these things because it was too darned cold.
Instead of global warming, they reported 58 degrees below zero inside their tent. In an attempt to stave off frostbite, Bancroft had to keep hot water bottles on her feet. And in the middle of the night they'd wake up to find the hot water bottles frozen.
It all reminds me so much of The Penguin That Hated The Cold.
Posted by joel at March 13, 2007 10:22 AM
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"Austronauts" is a nice coinage. (Or should that be "borealinauts"?)
Glad to see you blogging again. We, your faithful readers, were becoming concerned.
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at March 13, 2007 11:54 PM
Thanks for the heads-up on the spelling tip. I'm gonna go with "I'm rusty" and omit the fact that I've never done well without a dictionary nearby.
Posted by: Joel at March 14, 2007 07:26 PM
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