Grandmother Goes Down at the Pole

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Mainlander *@*.* wrote:

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Col wrote:

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:14:58 GMT, Jerry Springer
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Mainlander wrote:


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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude). No wonder the folks at McMurdo were so unfriendly to the
Kiwi who dropped in without enough fuel to reach his destination.

Yes, on the other hand they are there as the guests of the taxpayers,
and
shouldn't be treating Antartica as their own personal fiefdom.


Why didn't the Australian government spring to his rescue?

By the way they are accountable to taxpayers and shouldn't have to spend
thousands of dollars shipping in fuel (he refused to pay for the fuel he
was eventually offered)


Please show where he refused to pay for fuel??????


It was widely reported Pignut .


One other thing why don't you go to this site, read all of the links
then come back and tell us where he refused top buy fuel???? I await your
answer.
http://www.southpolestation.com/news/rv4/rv4.html

And that article further reinforces Johansen's stupidity. Quote
"Jon filed a flight plan for his trip just before departing, but he kept
his South Pole plans secret until the end, knowing that they would not be
approved. He claims to have done his homework on Antarctic flying and
weather conditions. However, his tires are too small for the ice
runway...since he didn't have the oversized low-ground-pressure balloon
tires such as used by the Twin Otters, the wheels sank into the snow and
he had to get assistance in getting towed off of the active airstrip. And
depending on the actual weather conditions, there were several other
hard-surface runways he could have diverted to---Patriot Hills, Novo,
Rothera, or even Marsh...at any of these he might have had an easier time
getting refueled."


And the article also states that the NSF people refused him access to
meteorological data. Does that sound like a responsible government
agency?

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 02:33:12 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

In article ,
Mainlander *@*.* wrote:

In article .net,
says...


Col wrote:

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:14:58 GMT, Jerry Springer
wrote:



Mainlander wrote:


In article ,
says...


"Cub Driver" wrote in message
m...


It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude). No wonder the folks at McMurdo were so unfriendly to the
Kiwi who dropped in without enough fuel to reach his destination.

Yes, on the other hand they are there as the guests of the taxpayers,
and
shouldn't be treating Antartica as their own personal fiefdom.


Why didn't the Australian government spring to his rescue?

By the way they are accountable to taxpayers and shouldn't have to spend
thousands of dollars shipping in fuel (he refused to pay for the fuel he
was eventually offered)


Please show where he refused to pay for fuel??????


It was widely reported Pignut .


One other thing why don't you go to this site, read all of the links
then come back and tell us where he refused top buy fuel???? I await your
answer.
http://www.southpolestation.com/news/rv4/rv4.html

And that article further reinforces Johansen's stupidity. Quote
"Jon filed a flight plan for his trip just before departing, but he kept
his South Pole plans secret until the end, knowing that they would not be
approved. He claims to have done his homework on Antarctic flying and
weather conditions. However, his tires are too small for the ice
runway...since he didn't have the oversized low-ground-pressure balloon
tires such as used by the Twin Otters, the wheels sank into the snow and
he had to get assistance in getting towed off of the active airstrip. And
depending on the actual weather conditions, there were several other
hard-surface runways he could have diverted to---Patriot Hills, Novo,
Rothera, or even Marsh...at any of these he might have had an easier time
getting refueled."


And the article also states that the NSF people refused him access to
meteorological data. Does that sound like a responsible government
agency?

Again, the NSF et al are not there for general business purposes.

Are you aware that the NSF also uses pers from Ice Recon in MD as part
of their operation?

I doubt whether it would have really understood their charts.
Afterall, he wasn't the brightest bulb on the christmas tree was he.

Cath