The Itinerary 9/5/2008 - 9/22/2008

Day 1 Ottawa, Canada Day 2 Ottawa/Fly to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland/Embark Ship Day 3 Exploring the West Coast of Greenland & Sisimuit Day 4 Ilulissat, Disko Bay Day 5 Exploring the Davis Strait Day 6 Exploring the Cumberland Peninsula: Pangnirtung & Day 7 Exploring the Hall Peninsula: Monumental & Lady Fr Day 8 Exploring South Baffin Island Day 9 Button Islands, Newfoundland, Canada Day 10 Hebron & Mugford Tickle Day 11 Quaker Hat & Exploring Indian Harbor Day 12 Battle Harbour Day 13 L’anse aux Meadow Day 14 Gros Morne National Park Day 15 Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Disembark Ship Day 16 Fundy Bay, Novia Scotia Day 17 Saint John, New Brunswick Day 18 Boston depart.

Monday, September 15, 2008

The Experiment


I was asked by one of my brothers to undertake an "experiment" while in the arctic. My task was to urinate on the tundra and find out how long it took for the ice to melt while spelling both my name and his. In the presence of three climatologists and while docked in Greenland, I proceeded with the experiment. My results can be clearly seen above. The results clearly startled all of us. While the melt rates were the same, the writing while urinating came out much clearer while spelling my name than my brother Gary. One scientist even remarked that the spelling of Ira appeared to be in veranda font....


We will be seeking to explain the reasons for this in further writings.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If we see an acceleration in global warming, I believe they'll trace it back to this experiment. Your piss may have been the straw that broke the camel's back by adding that extra amount of warmth (and let's assume for the sake of argument that you're warm blooded) that threw our global climate past the tipping point. At long last sir, have you no shame?

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the pressure was constant during the experiment. Was Gary spelled before or after Ira...was it a strong constant stream? If you know what I mean?