80 days north pole9/21/2023 ![]() ![]() (Wieslav) Maslowski that there is a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during some of the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years. We are 81 years old and traveling around the world in 80 days. There is not much useful conversation or news to be found on the way to North Pole anyway. 14, 2009, speech at the Copenhagen Climate Conference, Gore suggested the possibility of the Arctic losing some or all of its ice in the summer months within five to seven years, citing researchers associated with the Naval Postgraduate School. Welcome to Sandy and Ellies Adventure Travel Blog, Around the World at 80. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) Full shownotes at Support: In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, were (sort of). Shadows cast in May are long, because the sun is low in the sky. The sun rises at the North Pole on the Spring Equinox, approximately March 21, and the sun rises higher in the sky with each advancing day, reaching a maximum height at the Summer Solstice, approximately June 21. Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible. The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. The darkness lasts until the beginning of dawn in early March. Its 3.45 on a Saturday afternoon and Im seventeen miles from the North Pole. Gore didn’t say exactly this in 2009, but he made a similar statement. A photo below the quote shows a man covered in ice, with more in the background, and text that says, "2021 nope it’s still cold!" ![]() "The North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming. ![]() Now some social media users are sharing posts that claim Gore wrongly predicted in the late 2000s that all the Arctic ice would be melted in the summer by 2013. Former Vice President Al Gore has been a vocal advocate for policies to reduce global warming, dedicating much of his post-White House work to the cause - and encountering a fair amount of ridicule along the way. ![]()
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