Why, yes that is the Indian Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid, and Norway's Foreign Affairs Minister and Political Scientist, Espen Barthe Eide, in Svalbard. Are they trying to tell Duck fans something? [Discuss]
Why, yes that is the Indian Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid, and Norway's Foreign Affairs Minister and Political Scientist, Espen Barthe Eide, in Svalbard. Are they trying to tell Duck fans something? [Discuss]
From the comments thread on the A/V Club's review of Voyage of the Dawn Treader (NSFC):
Andrew Sullivan proves himself a shill for Svalbard. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, Sullivan claims that the seed vault is a hedge against human extinction. But Svalbard watchers know the...
The Scotsman reports on this frightening development:SCIENTISTS have been stunned by the discovery of a shark that had eaten a polar bear.Part of the jaw of a young polar bear was found in the...
From Damien Mansell of Swansea University:The cabin was situated on the top of a ridge, at the bottom of a large valley looking out to the Arctic Ocean. The Ocean met large ice-cliffs and nunataks, which stared back at us from across the water.We shared out all the necessary equipment and supplies amongst our packs and pulkas (sledges). Those who skied ahead of us had the coal and fire wood and we were welcomed by a toasty warm fire.Adam and I cooked up a large chilli to satisfy our growing bellies. It took much longer than we anticipated as we had to melt snow to produce drinking water, and...
Although I failed to make the connection, thanks to D we now know of the sinister connection between the Svalbard and Zombine menaces. Given accumulating evidence that climate change will increase Zombie activity, this is a truly frightening development and may help to explain the broader relationship between the Panzerbjørn and the Zombies.But recent weeks have also seen a flurry of suspicious activity around Svalbard, including:• An increase in Russian naval activity. The Russsian Navy on Monday announced that it has again deployed naval vessels in the Arctic, including the waters around...
Duncan Bartlett of the BBC reports on the living conditions on Svalbard.Residents of Norway's Svalbard Islands are used to dealing with the dangers of polar bears but, for one remote settlement, wild animals are not the only worry.It is forbidden to die in the Arctic town of Longyearbyen.Should you have the misfortune to fall gravely ill, you can expect to be despatched by aeroplane or ship to another part of Norway to end your days.And if you are terminally unlucky and succumb to misfortune or disease, no-one will bury you here.The town's small graveyard stopped accepting newcomers 70 years...
I have repeatedly criticized the Bush administration for failing to recognize the Svalbard threat. Its policy of drowning the Polar Bear forces into submission might prove successful, but it also risks provoking an attack--whether via proxies, direct strikes, or bio-engineered sea reptiles--before it accomplishes its objectives.But now there's hope that the administration will take action before it leaves office.Oil and shipping interests are putting more pressure on Norwegian authorities to open up more areas of the Arctic for oil and gas exploration. Now they're eying the area around...
Peter Howard emails me a link to the latest coverage of the threat from Svalbard.I didn't have a chance to watch the report, but I assume it comprises another whitewash of the critical danger posed to humanity by the creation of this "Doomsday Vault" in the highly militarized territory of Svalbard. Svalbard, as readers of the Duck are already aware, is also home to many Polar Bears literally drowning in their existential hate for western, industrialized society.The Bush Administration, obviously cowed by the Defeatocrats, continues to ignore the necessity of extending the doctrine of...
The seed vault opens. World dignitaries, oblivious to the danger, hailed the Doomsday Vault:"This is a frozen Garden of Eden," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said, standing in one of the frosty vaults against a backdrop of large discs made of ice.Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called the vault an "insurance policy" and added his own biblical comparison: "It is the Noah's Ark for securing biological diversity for future generations."Svalbard Global Seed Vault, just 620 miles from the North Pole, is designed to house as many as 4.5 million crop seeds from all over...
Long-term readers will be distressed to learn that the first batch of "doomsday seeds" have arrived in Norway, and will soon be on their way to Svalbard.Despite our best efforts, authorities remain indifferent to the threat posed by Svalbard to world security.Meanwhile, the CIA has scrubbed Svalbard from its proper place among the most militarized territories on the planet.A Svalbard Panzerbjørn Recruitment Poster
I assumed the data on Svalbard military spending was a mistake. But now I'm becoming quite concerned. David Johnston uncovers more about the possible threat from Svalbard. The island will soon be home to a Doomsday facility.David questions whether the bunker is really just a seed vault. Given our information about Svalbard's immense per capita military expenditures--which in absolute terms dwarf its "official" GDP--I think he's right to be skeptical. When we combine these facts with the looming Polar Bear threat--territorial losses and foreign occupations breed, as we all know, suicide...