Has Santa Claus and Rudolph drown yet?

[lonestarnot]

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/27/1650207

Recently released evidence is showing the North Pole ice is melting at the highest rate ever recorded. As a result, the Pole may be completely ice-free at the surface and composed of nothing but open water by September. As reported in September of last year, the Northwest Passage was ice-free for the first time known to man. The implications of this, as well as the causes, are still being debated. Are global warming experts just short-sighted alarmists? Are we heading for a global ice age? Or is the increase in global mean temperature having an effect on our planet?"

[Earth_First]

1. No, BP and Shell partnered to build a platform for them as part of a $2B USD PR campaign. n/t

[lonestarnot]

2. So the war on Christmas is having a cease fire in July?