Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus…but, No North Pole!
.The last four images above inspired a poem:
TAGS: A modern Christmas poem for kids, North Pole melts, Santa’s Toyshop sinks, Russia claims ocean floor beneath old North Pole, Global Warming kills Christmas
7/16/07…The first SWIM to the North Pole
.British explorer Lewis Gordon Pugh braved sub-zero temperatures to become the first person to swim at the North Pole…18 minutes and 50 seconds to swim 0.6 miles in waters created by melted sea ice at temperatures of 29°F — the coldest a human has swum in.
Published by Greg at 10:49 AM on November 25, 2008