Glacier thief arrested in Chile

• TA wrote on 2012-02-02 12:34

  Police hold man on suspicion of stealing five tonnes of ice from a glacier in Patagonia to sell as designer ice cubes for cocktails.
  
  

  [Image: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/2/1/1328138656016/a-chunk-of-stolen-glacial-008.jpg]

  
  
  A chunk of the 5,200kg of ice, believed stolen from the Jorge Montt glacier, which was discovered by police in a refrigerated truck. Photo: Fiscalia Regional de Aysen/EPA
  
  Climate change sceptics have acquired a new explanation for why glaciers are retreating: it's not global warming, it's theft.
  
  Police in Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing five tonnes of ice from the Jorge Montt glacier in the Patagonia region to sell as designer ice cubes in bars and restaurants.
  
  Local media reported that last Friday police intercepted a refrigerated truck with an estimated £3,900 worth of illicit ice allegedly bound for whiskies, rums and cocktails in the capital Santiago.
  
  Authorities have accused the driver of theft and are considering adding violation of national monuments to the charge sheet.
  
  Scientists say Jorge Montt, part of the Bernardo O'Higgins national park, is retreating by half a mile a year, making it one of the world's fastest shrinking glaciers.
  
  Environmentalists have cited it as evidence that man-made climate change is warming the planet. Sceptics have cited other explanations for retreating glaciers, but theft – until now – was not one of them. It may be the only case in which both sides agree human activity was to blame.
  

  
  
  Source: The Guardian
  
  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  HOW DO YOU STEAL 5 TONS OF GLACIER?!
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-02-02 12:41
  wow...
  they've mustve pulled it with a truck or something
• Juno wrote on 2012-02-02 12:45
  Probably over a loooong period of time.
  
  Or they're just blaming him for everything.
• Cheerios wrote on 2012-02-02 12:54
  lol so global warming was a lie since the start, they're selling the ice
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2012-02-02 12:58
  I don't get it... why stealing glacier from some mountain is a crime?
• Scarlet wrote on 2012-02-02 13:00

  Quote from EndlessDreams;760104:

  I don't get it... why stealing glacier from some mountain is a crime?

  
  
  [FONT="Times New Roman"]Public property or something like that; it's as much a crime as chopping down trees in a park.[/FONT]
• Joker wrote on 2012-02-02 13:13
  lol since were on the topic of global warming and glacial melting Ive found out that its happened alot already melted.... flood.... refroze... melted froze melted and so on till frozen and being melted slowly.. im mainly talking about the western ice shelf though (i think its the western.... that or souther? cant remember the area has a light layer to the west and then a much Bigger chunk to the east known as the eastern ice shelf anyways Thought it was neat that it's melted so many times in the past)
• Chillax wrote on 2012-02-02 14:02

  Quote from EndlessDreams;760104:

  I don't get it... why stealing glacier from some mountain is a crime?

  
  
  That frozen water from the stolen parts of the glacier ain't going back to the glacier. Global warming problems ensue.
• Chiyuri wrote on 2012-02-02 19:45
  It's jsut frozen Water!!
  
  *sigh*...
• Rin wrote on 2012-02-02 20:33
  I'm more surprised people use glaciers as ice cubes.
  
  I mean, really... How insanely specific can one want with water?
• Maenad wrote on 2012-02-03 06:19

  Quote from Chiyuri;760269:

  It's jsut frozen Water!!
  
  *sigh*...

  
  
  Don't you know, some africans might end up with water if it's just 'frozen water'?
  GOD FORBID!
  
  /sarcasm
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-03 06:22
  Gotta make money somehow. Ice is free but glacier ice is gonna cost you muwahahaha
• Cynic wrote on 2012-02-03 06:24
  I'm more curious as to how people actually tell the difference in restaurants/wherever. You could easily say "Oh I stole this from a glacier" when in reality it's just regular ice.
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-03 06:27
  The age of it.
• Strawberry wrote on 2012-02-03 06:30
  Old cubes. Delicious. >>