Ice - Arctic regions

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0013627

Description: The cartoon shows several men drinking in a pub. On the bar is a newspaper with a report about 'Questions asked on source of IPCC "scientific" data after latest gaffe'. One of the men is a member of the 'IPCC', the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He stares in amazement as an inebriated man comments that 'they reckon the moon is melting 'cause of man made climate change...' Refers to the news that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is facing intense scrutiny worldwide as errors uncovered in its influential 4th Assessment report are dissected in the media and presented as evidence of a lack of scientific rigor in high level climate science publications which governments rely on to set environmental policies. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0012854

Description: A polar bear stands on an ice floe staring at another polar bear on a distant floe. He wishes that they had an Emissions Trading Scheme'. Refers to global warming and the effect this having in the polar regions and to the adoption of trading schemes by various countries including New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0002574

Description: Caricature of Al Gore standing on a collapsing ice flow in an Arctic sea. Formerly Vice President of the United States in Bill Clinton's government, currently campaigning worldwide about the danger of global warming. Has produced a documentary film called 'An inconvenient truth' on the subject. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0001207

Description: A polar bear sits on an ice floe somewhere in the Arctic ocean. He is surrounded by chunks of broken ice. In the newspaper he reads that global warming ice melt means that it's harder to find a mate but that it doesn't really matter because water pollution is turning bears into hermaphrodites. There is a conference in Wellington this week about weather change and global warming. There has been a lot of discussion on the subject and governments are starting to sit up and take notice. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0004701

Description: Shows Prime Minister, Helen Clark on the phone suggesting to Santa Claus that the breakthrough at the Bali Conference might mean he will stop sinking at the poles. Santa Claus is seen in a second frame sitting on the roof of his shop while all around him the ice melts. He cheerfully wishes that he could do the same for Helen, that is, stop her sinking in the polls. Refers to to Bali Conference on global warming and also to the poor showing in the polls for the Labour Party in the run-up to the 2008 election. Play on 'pole' and 'poll'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0011087

Description: 'The Underzone' cartoon strip. Lumps of ice have formed the word 'bugger' as they float in the sea at one of the poles. Text reads 'Poles continue to melt' and the cartoon refers to global warming. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006520

Description: Shows two polar bears sitting on an oil drilling platform at the North Pole watching for seals. An American explains that polar bears use ice as a platform for catching seals and the ice is rapidly melting. A worker on the rig shouts that it is a good thing they are there to help the polar bears. The threat to polar bears is probably a feature of global warming. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0001239

Description: A scientist stands in front of a map trying to explain global warming to President George Bush who sits behind his desk. President Bush is pleased to hear that the Greenland ice cap will melt and slide into the Atlantic because he thinks that will cool everything. There has been a Conference on Global warming and weather change in Wellington recently. President Bush is not understanding the science or the critical nature of the problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0003180

Description: The image shows the control panel inside the cockpit of a plane. Two indicators show that the pilot should 'buckle up' and 'slow down' and a third accuses him of being responsible for the big chunk of the Greenland ice shelf that has broken away. Reference to climate change and the carbon emissions from air travel. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0000808

Description: In the background sits an Eskimo, his back to the viewer, fishing through a hole in the ice. In the foreground two polar bears are having a discussion about the ethics of eating the Eskimo if mankind really isn't responsible for global warming and the shrinking of the bears' habitat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0029787

Description: Shows Father Christmas (Santa Claus) and one of his reindeers up to their shoulders in melted polar ice at the North Pole. Refers to the reported effects of climate change on the Arctic ice cap and the according effects on wildlife and Inuit people. The United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen was held 7-18 December 2009. Title supplied by librarian Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Arrangement: File was originally delivered to the Library in a folder called '2009' Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).