CBC: 1st commercial ship sails through Northwest Passage

[tuvor]

The Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed that in a major first, a commercial ship travelled through the Northwest Passage this fall to deliver supplies to communities in western Nunavut.

The MV Camilla Desgagnés, owned by Desgagnés Transarctik Inc., transported cargo from Montreal to the hamlets of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak in September.

"We did have a commercial cargo vessel that did the first scheduled run from Montreal, up through the eastern Arctic, through the Northwest Passage to deliver cargo to communities in the west," Brian LeBlanc of the Canadian Coast Guard told CBC News.

"That was the first — that I'm aware of anyway — commercial cargo delivery from the east through the Northwest Passage."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/28/nwest-vessel.html

[MineralMan]

1. Wow!

That's amazing...and more than a little scary.

[FirstLight]

2. captain: "I didn't see one cube of ice..."

Now THAT's disturbing.

You know, all people(read: governments, commercial shipping co's) keep talking about is the "opportunity" for ships to sail through the arctic sea....

Does ANYBODY give a crap that the arctic sea should NOT be ICE FREE???

we. are. so. screwn.

[hunter]

3. As the Nortwest Passage opens up, the world's ports go underwater...

...and people starve. What a bargain!

[ben_meyers]

5. The Northwest Passage is open

Which world port went underwater? Anything on the east coast. I wonder why "they" are hiding that from us.

[hunter]

8. Sunny and pleasant weather today...

The Northwest Passage is open too!

Tomorrow more ice melts, the coasts flood, and the world goes hungry and thirsty.

In the long view the opening of the Northwest Passage is the beginning of something awful.

A world with ice is much more amicable to humans than one without ice.

[depakid]

10. "Which world port went underwater"

With every click of his camera, Japanese photographer and activist Shuuichi Endou hopes to draw attention to the plight of Tuvalu, a remote nation of people whose home is slowly disappearing.

He's taking 10,000 photos, one of each person who lives there, to show the world the human face of climate change.

"Tuvaluans do not ask much, neither goods nor money," he says.

"In Japan, people sacrifice their time and life to get more goods and money. I hope the viewers see the contrast by looking at the photos. We're sacrificing peaceful Tuvalu."

At first glance, Tuvalu is an island paradise, 26 square kilometers of white sand and lush foliage in the Pacific Ocean, north of Fiji.

But the sea level is rising, so much so that the nation's water has become too salty to drink and to grow vegetables, especially taro, a vegetable that was once the island's staple food.

More: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/tuvalu.climate/

[earth mom]

4. Oh No!

:yoiks:

[YankeyMCC]

6. The most depressing word in that headline

"1st"

[w4rma]

7. Yup. The first ever trip using this route. Made possible by pollution. (nt)

[Canuckistanian]

9. Tracing one warm line

Through a land so wide and savage,

And make a Northwest passage to the sea.


Your song is now complete, Stan Rogers.