Huge Blob of Arctic Goo- biological!

[thefoundryman]

"It's pitch black when it hits ice and it kind of discolors the ice and hangs off of it," Brower said. He saw some jellyfish tangled up in the stuff, and someone turned in what was left of a dead goose -- just bones and feathers -- to the borough's wildlife department."

The Blob?- Article,

 

[skunkape]

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[thefoundryman]

Awesome Skunk. that's some celluloid gold.

 

[methshin]

Could this be related to the Pacific Gyre?

 

[thefoundryman]

Some more reading on this 12 mile long 'blob'.

“It’s certainly biological. It’s definitely not an oil product of any kind. It has no characteristics of an oil, or a hazardous substance, for that matter. It’s definitely, by the smell and the makeup of it, it’s some sort of naturally occurring organic or otherwise marine organism.”

 

[aNorthernSoul]

Keep in mind, it's wikipedia but according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Chukchi_Sea, the U.S. Coast Guard identified it as a large body of algal bloom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Algal_bloom

 

[skunkape]

Chtulu discovered masturbation.
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[methshin]

Chtulu discovered masturbation.
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now that's a Fhtagn!

 

[Gareth]

This is pretty old... a thought when I saw the thread that they must have the lab results back that confirm its biological.

Sorry if that is whats happened. My Internet is capped at dial up speeds until Sunday as Ive used my months quota of 25gig already. Gotta love Australian Internet.

 

[thefoundryman]

Chtulu discovered masturbation.
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Now we know what the 'bloop' is.