ANOTHER Frost-Bitten Junk Scientist Rescued Before Freezing to Death
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:25 PM
Junk Scientist Rescued Before Freezing to Death–
Tom Smitheringale became the 4th junk scientist in 4 years who had to be rescued at the North Pole before freezing to death.
You can follow Tom’s Epic Journey on his website here.
The Herald reported:
TOM Smitheringale wanted to prove the world was warming. Now he’s another alarmist with frostbite.
The 40-year-old from Perth planned to be the first Australian to trek unassisted to the North Pole, but announced he’d raise some consciousness along the way.
As he wrote on his website: “Part of the reason Tom’s One Man Epic is taking place now is because of the effect that global warming is having on the polar ice caps.”
Indeed, he wanted to see the North Pole while it was still there: “Some scientists have even estimated that the polar ice cap will have entirely melted away by 2014!”
But Antarctica isn’t melting away, and Arctic ice has slowly increased since its big low in 1997.
But no one seems to have told Tom, who soon found his extremities freezing.
Two weeks ago he nearly called off his trek after suffering excruciating pain in his fingers and thumbs, forcing him to call in emergency help.
And last week he had to be rescued by Canadian soldiers after falling through the ice sheet.
“(I) came very close to the grave,” he said, on being flown out.
This is actually now the fourth year running that warming alarmists have had to be rescued from expeditions to prove the Arctic is warmer than it actually is. It’s a metaphor.
Here’s a photo of Tom’s frost-bitten toes from his blog:
Ouch!
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 78 Comments
Militant Conservative commented:
Hey dumbass, do you think your wrong or was this a freak of nature. Upon any mistake alwas ask yourself if you were WRONG. Hope you learned from this but I doubt it.
Valerie commented:
Mother Nature appears to be unimpressed with the Global Warmongers’ demands to heat up.
Chaney commented:
Is it too much to hope that good ol’ Tom and the morons who financed this expedition will be required to cover the cost of his rescue?
gus commented:
Crikey!!!
wanumba commented:
Some good mass media and the best access to information ever ever, has done to produce an “educated” population.
He really don’t know what “winter” and “summer” are?
czekmark commented:
Karma is a bitch, isn’t it Tom? Maybe next time you do something that makes you a possible candidate for the Darwin awards, you won’t be so lucky.
gus commented:
I believe this gent deserves the Steve Irwin award.
Xenu's Paradox commented:
Now if only Gore would take a hike up there… if we’re lucky, his frozen corpse could be put on display in the Smithsonian.
wanumba commented:
Anyone ever do a study on the preponderance of uber-narcissists in “Earth environmental causes”?
What kind of ego-trip must one be on to think they can 1) save the planet 2) “raise awareness” of anything by the act of hiking hither and yon?
gus commented:
Maybe his next trip he could RAISE AWARENESS for frost bite victims.
Mother Nature is a bitch. A COLD COLD Bitch.
Bill in AZ commented:
“Some scientists have even estimated that the polar ice cap will have entirely melted away by 2014!”
This is good news – it gets us safely past the end of the Mayan calendar.
Timmy Treadwell's ghost commented:
In 2003 I, Timmy Treadwell, learned that living around large bears was not a good idea. You may recall that I was eaten by those bears because I decided not to follow common sense or to listen to the wisdom of the ages that wild animals are just that, wild animals.
Now I hear about some knucklehead researcher who apparently never realized that the polar regions of the Earth can get mighty cold.
I guess common sense is as rare as proof of global warming,
Doggy commented:
Because these failed trips are so embarrassing to the global warming cult, the MSM doesn’t report them. Thus, the liberal scientists who only read the MSM never get the warning not to do this. The ironies just keep mounting up!
Kevin commented:
I’m reminded of the words Chris Titus’ father uttered to him as a youth after he stuck a car key in a light socket and was thrown about ten feet– With beer in hand he strode over to his stunned son and said “Not going to do that again are ya?”
Rich commented:
This pumpkin believed the warming hype.
Yes….warming from -50 degrees to -48 degrees is quite a bit of warming………except to yer toes!
Clearly there is an Aussie village short its idiot.
Warthog commented:
All right, how many here check the weather report before they leave their house for the day? Show of hands?… hmm, hmm, good. Most everyone.
All right, now how many here check the weather report before going on a trip to the next state over (or several states for all you New Englanders)? Hm, hm, … Fine; almost everyone.
Now, how many here would check the weather report before going to the NORTH POLE? Hm?
Everybody except one apparently.
(go to the back of the class Mr. Smitheringale…)
thebronze commented:
Too bad that dumbass doesn’t allow comments on his blog…
nadadhimmi commented:
Global warming is a crock. My snowball bush now consistantly turns white 3 weeks later than it did in the 90′s. Hey, if global warming can be based on 3 trees in Siberia, global cooling can be based on 1 tree in Indiana. The science is settled except to a few ignorant deniers. The science of the snowball bush is unassailable!
Jo commented:
The global warming scientist claim with the eruption of the recent volcano spewing massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, history shows us a massive cooling trend will result. On the other hand, when humans put out CO2 the globe warms up and we die, and one must pay these scientists to do more research, fancy clothes, plush offices, elaborate and expensive vacations, new luxury cars, expensive retirement plans, a free mansion, and the best healthcare and free work car and food money. Now Pay Al Gore all your bank because sheep’s fart and cows fart and the world will end tomorrow unless you give all your savings to Al Gore and the U.N.
HenHouseFox58 commented:
You know you can’t fix stupid. The temps up there are still freezing. What part of snow and ice didn’t he get? Yes and did they charge him for the rescue? If not they should have.
reliapundit commented:
The Cause
During my military service in Africa, the suffering I witnessed had a profound effect on me. I saw people enduring unimaginable poverty, hunger and the devastating effects of diseases like HIV and AIDS.
Seeing this first hand really put into context what I’d seen in the media. While I was in Africa, I vowed that one day I would find a way to help make a difference. Discovering that some of the leading research into these diseases is done right here in Australia at the Burnet Institute gave me added inspiration.
The Burnet Institute focuses on curing and preventing the spread of some of the world’s worst infectious diseases of global significance. Burnet has offices in Australia, Fiji, China (Tibet), Indonesia, Lao PDR, Burma, PNG, Mozambique and Thailand.
A big part of Burnet’s work focuses on The ‘Big Three’: HIV, Tuberculosis (TB), and malaria which cause the deaths of seven million people every year. In addition, an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV and one third of the world’s population is currently infected with TB!
Burnet’s work combines world class laboratory research and practical, frontline public health programs in some of the most disadvantaged and marginalised communities around the world.
I hope that through this expedition, I can motivate others to support the Burnet Institute’s outstanding work and help improve the lives of people living with these terrible diseases.
To read more on Burnet’s work on HIV click here
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reliapundit commented:
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wanumba commented:
Nuts!
How come I never thought of that?
wanumba commented:
Who but a narcissist thinks anyone wants to look at his frostbitten toes?
jarhead commented:
real intelligent move their Einstein perhaps if you had used your own head instead of listening to the likes of that moron al gore you would not of had to be rescued
I sincerely hope the brave men and women who rescued you send you a gigantic bill for their services
Buffalobob commented:
Tom you dumb ass. Place your big toe on this anvil so that I can whack it with a 8 oz. ball peen hammer to get your attention. Global warming is an Algore hoax.
Andreas K. commented:
Scientist?
I think it’ just another “activist”. The pro global warming crowd among the scientists never leaves their offices. They’re observing “global warming” on their computer models.
“Some scientists have even estimated that the polar ice cap will have entirely melted away by 2014!”
That will happen one day. Just like one day it will be full of ice again. But it doesn’t mean that we are responsible for it. Our handful of billion tons CO2 are simply nothing compared to the CO2 produced by natural sources.
And I just love how the alarmists then always claim that we have “saturated” the atmosphere with CO2. Apparently 0.038% CO2 in the atmosphere is now “saturation”. Screw the fact that there were times with a lot more CO2 in the atmosphere (and lower temperatures.)
BTW, check out Bolt’s blog, especially what he has to say about Bush and Obama.
Betsy Ross commented:
It’s not nice to fool mother nature…..; )
Well,well,well commented:
Smitheringale:
Way to go, dumba**Hopefully, losing a couple of your toes will be a lesson to you, naw probably not.
John C. commented:
Be sure to wear a jacket. It can get a bit chilly up there.
Jerry C commented:
There was an article awhile ago where a global warming alarmist “scientist” was rescued as well. But it stated that it was by a vessel that ran on diesel since no other boat was powerful enough to wade through the ice. Priceless!
Stuart commented:
Send a climate scientist to the Pole-help feed a hungry and endangered polar bear.
Curmudgeon commented:
Ha, ha, ha, ha!