Because it's funny!! It really is. To me, anyway. A bunch of know-nothings go off to find "proof" of, or at least evidence to support, AGW.
And get blocked in sea ice in the height of summer, with blizzards so bad rescue icebreakers had to turn back (one got trapped in the snow too) and now there are indications that the Akademik may be stuck for up to ten years .....
