My nightly read tonight was the continued devastation of our oceans due to Global Warming. The author made a point in his article with the giant iceberg picture on the left. It is his theory that because of Global Warming, the water volume in our oceans are continuing to decrease. A few days ago, I made a posting contradicting this statement because "their" indicators showed that the tidal flow had increased in Sitka, Alaska. However, to be "fair and balanced", let us disregard that discrepancy and focus on his theory. The picture speaks a thousand words. This is definitely a very large iceberg that appears to be high and dry on some sandy beach. Please note the six (6) small black figures in front of the iceberg. By enlargement, you will discover that they are those little "Happy Feet Penguins", they provide you a very good size comparable when considering their small size in comparison to this iceberg. Next thing you might note is the sand waves of the beach, those sand, snow, and ice waves are created by tidal flow. Not knowing the tidal currents in this area, I conducted a little research utilizing March 24, 2007 as a target date for the tidal data.
Time: High / Low
0056 6.75 ft
0655 .46 ft
1320 7.35 ft
1947 .72 ft
The tidal flow in this area is much less than we see in our area, however, it could be concluded that an iceberg this size grounded itself on the beach from prevailing winds and since that time, with a maximum height of the tides are not high enough to extract that volume of weight off the beach. Due to the "ice slides" along the side and base of the iceberg, this monster has been in place for some time and not a recent result of Global Warming. However, the photographer, did not pay the attention that they should have when they included the "Happy Feet Penguins" in the picture. Water is the life of the Penguin, they do not venture far from their escape route and feeding areas. I would venture to guess that any sign of water has been cropped from the picture or a simple airbrush job has been done. Beware what pictures you believe in this day and age, look for what is wrong with the picture instead of taking it at face value. In this particular case, it was "Happy Feet". Look for the release of Academy Award Winning, "Happy Feet" at your favorite video store on Tuesday, March 27th.