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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | Some people may like to taste a wine dated to the year they were born, or perhaps are subject to it as a family tradition | + | {{incomplete|Created by a PALEOCLIMATOLOGIST CELEBRATING THEIR 21st BIRTHDAY - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | Some people may like to taste a wine dated to the year they were born, or perhaps are subject to it as a family tradition, typically more usual for a milestone age than because (unless they were particularly fortunate) it happens to be as much a 'good year' for the wine(s) they favor as it was for their life (having the ability to be exactingly picky about their choice of vintage). It may be such that, beyond their everyday preference for drink, a special occasion includes the opportunity to partake in a wine that is the same age as themselves. This comic extends this practice into a joke that paleoclimatologists, who study the climate, use dated ice instead of dated wine, drilling into the ground to find the layer matching the birth year of the recipient, either to drink 'neat' (once sufficiently melted) or as the '{{w|Bartending terminology#On the rocks|on the rocks}}' part of another drink, perhaps a cocktail. | ||
− | [[Megan]], a paleoclimatologist, decides to make a cocktail with the ice from the | + | [[Megan]], a {{w|paleoclimatologist}}, decides to make a cocktail with the ice from the icesheets (present in the Arctic and Antarctic, for example). Normally, scientists would try to date the ice and then try to find the state of the climate when these icesheets formed. Here, Megan tries to find the ice layer corresponding to [[Knit Cap]]'s birth year with the intent of using the ice for the chosen drink. The caption asserts that this method of creating drinks is “traditional” for paleoclimatologists. She then asks if Knit Cap has the cocktail shaker that they presumably brought to the site ready. Cocktail shakers are used in the preparation of many mixed drinks, which often contain ice (usually sourced locally).{{Citation needed}} |
− | The title text says that if they manage to find some ice with ash coming from an eruption which destroyed an island with {{w|Camellia sinensis}} growing on it, they'll be able to | + | The title text says that if they manage to find some ice with ash coming from an eruption which destroyed an island with {{w|Camellia sinensis}} growing on it, they'll be able to get a cocktail with tea infused in it. Camellia sinensis is generally used for making tea. Gone Island Ice_τ is a punning reference to the cocktail known in the United States as a {{w|Long Island iced tea}}. The use of tau for "tea" may be a reference to the IceCube Collaboration's "reported two candidate events for the final unobserved Standard Model cosmic messenger: astrophysical tau neutrinos". Who knew that the rapper and actor was also an astrophysics stud? |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | :[Knit Cap and Megan | + | :[Knit Cap and Megan both wearing knit caps and scarves in a snowy environment taking a look at an ice drill. There is a helicopter on the ground in the background, with their footprints between them and the helicopter. Knit Cap is holding a small container between her hands while Megan is holding the middle of the drill.] |
:Megan: Next, we'll identify the ice core layer matching your birth year. Do you have the shaker ready? | :Megan: Next, we'll identify the ice core layer matching your birth year. Do you have the shaker ready? | ||