Whenever the Right are caught lying, they play dumb. The lie was already articulated with a highlight. I have added color to help the dumb.
No, the team that went down there, went down there to measure the ice in order to PROVE man made global warming.
It turns out that is not thinning, or maybe you have not heard.
They are in peril right now, cause they are trapped in ice so thick that special cutters cannot even reach them.
Man made global warming is a myth of epic proportions. Scientists have been caught exchanging emails to this effect. However, since this is a global scam in order to tax tax tax, it will not go away.
In the mean time, why don't you come up with the wind changing directions thing that some other lefties have come up with as to the reason they are trapped in ice so thick that they may die in a frozen hell.