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Great White North
Canadian Military probes mystery blast in Arctic
2008-08-08
The Canadian military is sending a long-range Aurora aircraft to investigate reports of a mysterious explosion along Canada's Northwest Passage that may have killed several whales.
Posted by:3dc

#14  And no, it wasn't me this time.
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2008-08-08 22:45  

#13  I think the Aurora is their name for their version of the P-3 Orion.
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2008-08-08 22:43  

#12  Memo to self: don't feed whales pop rocks.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2008-08-08 21:08  

#11  Was this the Nuke The Whales people testing?
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-08-08 19:10  

#10  The Canucks have an Aurora???

Color me surprised!
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2008-08-08 18:07  

#9  yah know ... cocaine is explosive and I have heard about drug problems that far north... A cocaine "sub" could take out several whales.... when it "blows".
Posted by: 3dc   2008-08-08 17:41  

#8  Snowman, you haven't been playing with fireworks again, have you?
Posted by: Mike   2008-08-08 17:10  

#7  After reding it, my guess is more maintainence problems on Russian subs.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2008-08-08 17:02  

#6  Looks like our work is done here, boys...
Posted by: Halliburton: Mystery Arctic Blast Division   2008-08-08 16:13  

#5  Kursk (K-141) part II?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-08-08 16:11  

#4  Some whales ate too many beans?
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-08-08 16:06  

#3  Russians Gone Crazy?
Posted by: Danielle   2008-08-08 16:01  

#2  Fishing with depth charges?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2008-08-08 15:40  

#1  Bad plankton?
Posted by: Pappy   2008-08-08 15:27  

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