http://www.thefoxnation.com/global-warming/2010/03/29/global-warming-activist-freezes-death-antarctica

Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station, by the pilot of a ski plane practicing emergency evacuation procedures.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing", recounted the pilot, Jimmy Dolittle. "There were two snowmobiles with cargo sleds, a tent, and a bright orange rope that had been laid out on the ice, forming the words, 'HELP-COLD'."

One friend of Prof. Schneider told ecoEnquirer that he had been planning a trip to an ice sheet to film the devastation brought on by global warming. His wife, Linda, said that she had heard him discussing the trip with his environmental activist friends, but she assumed that he was talking about the Greenland ice sheet, a much smaller ice sheet than Antarctica.

"He kept talking about when they 'get down to chili', and I thought they were talking about the order in which they would consume their food supplies", Mrs. Schneider recounted. "I had no idea they were talking about Chile, the country from which you usually fly or sail in order to reach Antarctica."

Apparently, while all of Prof. Schneider's friends were assuming that the July trek would be to Greenland, during Northern Hemisphere summer, his plans were actually to snowmobile to the South Pole - which, in July, is in the dead of winter.

Mr. Dolittle related how some people do not realize that, even if there has been warming in Antarctica, the average temperature at the South Pole in July still runs about 70 degrees F below zero. "Some people think that July is warm everywhere on Earth."

Submitted on 03/29/2010

Submitted by: Mark Stephens
Reference: Fox News, 03/29/2010

Copyright © 2010 DarwinAwards.com

James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I've been away, so I don't know if this is a repeat (I checked the slush & reject piles and it's not there). Having said that, I always find it interesting when a rank amateur goes and tries something stupid (especially when it's for some sort of personal gain or recognition). Antarctica is NOT a place to visit unless a) you are with the military or a scientific team, or b) you're with a legitimate tour group led by an experienced guide. These fools proved the obvious. Global warming or no, the South Pole is still deathly cold!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
!!! My kids learned in 2nd grade that the seasons south of the equator are the reverse of those north of the equator. Add to that that _any_ film of Antartica shows endless -and virtually featureless- fields of snow, and I have to wonder: WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?!?!!!

The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

The Darwin Awards Condom Keep yourself out of the gene pool! A condom in a matchbook, useful for emergency contraception, bachelor parties, frat parties, and important rites of passage. LOADED inside and out with funny quotes and stories. Everyone loves this item! Friends don't let friends reproduce! $13 for Pack of 4