{"id":380446,"date":"2018-10-11T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-indy-500-polar-ice-cap-marathon\/"},"modified":"2018-10-11T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:00:16","slug":"the-indy-500-polar-ice-cap-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-indy-500-polar-ice-cap-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indy 500 Polar Ice Cap Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"attachment_106081\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106081\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/10\/8657024961_ea41cffd7b_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/10\/8657024961_ea41cffd7b_z.jpg 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/10\/8657024961_ea41cffd7b_z-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Source NASA ICE | <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eureka! The Vavilov Ice Cap set unheard of speed records a couple of years ago in a massive \u201csurge\u201d and left climate scientists\u2026 well, speechless!<\/p>\n<p>The Vavilov Ice Cap, located in the Russian High Arctic has, for years, cruised along at a speed of about 2 inches per day. But, along the way it was the recipient of an anthropogenic turbo-charged-CO2 infusion (scientists didn\u2019t say that), setting all-time world speed records of 82 feet per day in a massive \u201csurge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hand-wringing scientists were aghast, confused. After all, ice caps are supposed to move by \u201cinches,\u201d not by 82 feet per day! Especially considering the mean average annual temperature at Vavilov Station of \u221216.5\u00b0C. Which is b-b-brittle cold.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, ice caps are very stable. The term \u201cice cap\u201d refers to a specific type of glacier, a stable slow-moving glacier. That\u2019s how it\u2019s always been, until Vavilov hit the scene!<\/p>\n<p>Vavilov Ice Cap is on October Revolution Island in the Arctic between the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea. It is a polar desert where frigid temps and dry weather should keep ice firmly tethered to bedrock. But, not Vavilov; it\u2019s like a wild horse. As Sept. 26, 2018, it is slipping\/sliding at 15-35 feet per day, much faster than its long-term average of 2 inches. The Vavilov is 1,000 to 2,000 feet or 1\/3rd of a mile thick, covering over 700 square miles.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Vavilov set all-time speed records but the scientists, after explaining&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2018\/10\/10\/the-indy-500-polar-ice-cap-marathon\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Source NASA ICE | CC BY 2.0 Eureka! The Vavilov Ice Cap set unheard of speed records a couple of years ago in a massive \u201csurge\u201d and left climate scientists\u2026 well, speechless! The Vavilov Ice Cap, located in the Russian High Arctic has, for years, cruised along at a speed of about 2 inches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}