Caption Contest
Below are two recent photos from our Arctic expedition that are just waiting for a witty caption. Submit yours in a comment - the funnier, the better!
Copyright: Greenpeace/ Nick Cobbing
Copyright: Greenpeace/ Nick Cobbing
Give it your best shot. I'm looking forward to your ideas (and will give the actual caption in a week).
Update: Thank you for all the submissions! You can now vote for the best!
Update: Thank you for all the submissions! You can now vote for the best!
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Comments
1) Arctic bubbles in the ice have fun creating their own version of the The Scream painting.
2) Greenpeace activists in the Arctic race across a maze of melting ice in order to retrieve giant polar bear poo.
Posted by: Lisa | August 17, 2009 3:54 PM
Pic 1
Skrik! (Edvard Munch revisited by mother nature)
Pic 2
Ready or not, here I come!
Posted by: andrea costa | August 17, 2009 4:14 PM
Image #1: caption ideas
Van Gogh's "The Scream" on vacation in The Arctic
OR
The scariest word you'll ever hear while ice fishing: "Booooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
Image #2: caption ideas
Next time you suggest a water hike, will you let me know it's in The Arctic OCEAN?!!!
OR
Was the ice visible when Jesus did this?
Posted by: Jackie Dishner | August 17, 2009 4:28 PM
Image #1:
Mother nature endorses the World Wildlife Fund's work with its version of the WWF logo.
Image #2:
New opportunities arise for tourism at the expense of the environment... coming soon, the chance to walk across large plains where bodies of water once stood.
Posted by: Efe | August 17, 2009 4:39 PM
#1 The elusive ice otter is captured for the first time on film>
#2 Last words you want to hear when taking this hike "Trust me, that is right where I stepped"
Posted by: John Clark | August 17, 2009 4:41 PM
Surf's up!
Posted by: Jason | August 17, 2009 4:45 PM
1. Look! Humans!
1. Jebus! I'm melting here!
2. Hide & seek. Arctic Style.
2. Whaddya mean, you think you left the gas on?
Posted by: Mik | August 17, 2009 4:45 PM
Image 1: Frosty the Snowman's call for help: Live at 6.
Image 2: Jeez, I didn't realize you meant THIS kind of puddle-jumping...
Posted by: Laura Little | August 17, 2009 5:15 PM
1. what can i do to makeover you?
2. i am looking for the line
Posted by: rita | August 17, 2009 5:20 PM
Image 2:
It's one small step for man. One giant disaster for mankind.
Posted by: Chris | August 17, 2009 5:22 PM
Image #1: "NOOO! I'M MELTING!"
Image #2: "I must not step on the puddles!"
Posted by: Cherry Acha | August 17, 2009 5:25 PM
Picture 1:
Artic Art
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Picture 2:
"Are we there yet?"
Posted by: Danny | August 17, 2009 5:46 PM
1) I'm meelltiiiinnggggg
Posted by: Alexandra R. | August 17, 2009 5:57 PM
1// Even melting Arctic needs a logo
2// Half-full or half-empty?
Posted by: mirek | August 17, 2009 5:59 PM
Caption 1: Humans, they do exist!!
Caption 2: Step on a crack, break your mothers back! Uh oh....
Posted by: Michele | August 17, 2009 6:05 PM
1) one seal regrets having the "jacko" face lift
Posted by: Ian | August 17, 2009 6:13 PM
#1: StayPuff Marshmallow Man found victim of foul play in Arctic. "Unlike Rasputtin, a good campfire outta revive him", says Ricky the Ranger.
#2: Lars (seen jumping), Winner of the Championship "Step on a Crack, You Break your Mother's Back" competition, received a grateful cell phone call from his mum moments later.
Posted by: Chris L | August 17, 2009 6:17 PM
Oh, I meant Munch, not Van Gogh. Oops! Still a fun exercise. Mistakes or not.
Posted by: Jackie Dishner | August 17, 2009 6:26 PM
1. Scream! I Know Where You're Hiding...
2. And then I walked on water..frozen water.
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August 17, 2009 7:11 PM
#1) In the Arctic no one can hear you scream!
#2) Hey, are we there yet?
Posted by: Tom | August 17, 2009 7:27 PM
FIRST; Blear,Bush and Brown, hiding in shame, a-melting....??
2'nd ; WOT! NO POLAR BEARS left!!!!??? GODS!!! Go-ON-Do- Something!!!!!!!!!! USH XX
Posted by: ushi soames | August 17, 2009 7:55 PM
1. the Phantom of the Arctic
1. Australia 2090 : climate change works !
2. and all because the lady loves Milk Tray...
2. This Management ODT workshop went a bit too far ....
Posted by: elaine cohen | August 17, 2009 8:08 PM
1.A hole its a HOlE no wait its its AAAAAAAAHHHHH its a mutant plane
2.COME BAAACKK dont leave me here on this forsaken land
Posted by: Lianca | August 17, 2009 8:39 PM
Picture 1
"Omigosh", I survived another day!!!
Picture 2
"Splash" let me do this while there is still water left!!!
Posted by: Arpita | August 17, 2009 9:23 PM
1 help, no time to waste cause 'I'm wasting away'
2 run run we've got no time to waste
we'll sink away hurry
Posted by: leen | August 17, 2009 10:00 PM
first pic: an eye with open mind and thinking brain.
second pic: jogging in water that used to be ice
Posted by: elianys | August 17, 2009 10:08 PM
#1: The official Greenpeace International Rorschach test.
#2: I didn't know the Sahara desert was this wet!
Posted by: Pepijn | August 17, 2009 10:50 PM
Picture 1
The elusive arctic panda in this first ever image in its natural habitat.
Picture 2
"When you said you were a puddle jumper, I assumed you had a Cessna!"
Posted by: Jason | August 17, 2009 11:57 PM
Photo #1:
So, that's where E.T.'s been hiding...
Photo #2:
"Hey Jim, it's gonna be one heck of a shoveling job getting this ready for pond hockey."
Posted by: Sean | August 18, 2009 12:20 AM
Image one 'Ice-Scream'
Image two 'If you step in the puddles you're dead!'
Posted by: Nicki | August 18, 2009 12:36 AM
1) Munch's 'The Scream': A tragic victim of global warming.
Posted by: Shan | August 18, 2009 12:47 AM
#1: The Ghost of Nature Future.
#2: "... Running errands for Mom used to be so easy, before Climate Change happened..."
Posted by: Archie Trinidad | August 18, 2009 1:17 AM
Caption 1 - "Are you sure this is Earth? ...or did you land us in that black hole again".
Caption 2 - "Tip Toe Through the Tulips la la la...That mushroom soup was amazing...have we got any more left?"
Posted by: Suzy McEwen | August 18, 2009 4:51 AM
1) Sinkhole: I'm meltiiinngg..
2) Puddle hopping...
Posted by: Danny | August 18, 2009 5:31 AM
#1: I'm melting, I'm melting!
#2: Ooops, global warming is melting this ice faster than I thought...
Posted by: E. Meleisea | August 18, 2009 6:36 AM
1. Eek! Activists!
2. HOW long did you say this would take??
Posted by: Lee Cahill | August 18, 2009 7:35 AM
1. "hollow man"
2. ice maze
Posted by: elida | August 18, 2009 7:35 AM
1. Until recently just a myth, the underwater Arctic Owl's existence has been proven.
2. Ooooopsie...underestimated this one! Is that a crack I see ?!?
Posted by: Andreea | August 18, 2009 10:32 AM
#1"boooooo...climate change is commming".
#2: "walking to the office"
Posted by: maria elena | August 18, 2009 10:32 AM
1) Global Warming, it isn't pretty.
2) Global Warming, it could be sink or swim.
Posted by: Jason Kennedy | August 18, 2009 12:51 PM
1) Global Warming:
"Nature's unqualified plastic surgeon".
2)Global Warming:
"Not just raising eyebrows".
Posted by: Jason Kennedy | August 18, 2009 1:15 PM
1st.
former iceberg gets botox in last bid to freeze time
2nd.
dancing on ice 2020 NewYork
Posted by: claire broxup | August 18, 2009 2:24 PM
#1 Is that think loaded?
#1 What kind of gear do you shot with?
#1 Wait till I put my make up on.
#2. Line dancing to the sound of cracking ice.
Posted by: B | August 18, 2009 3:38 PM
Caption for picture 1: The Polar ShOck :0
Caption for picture 2: Stepping on Melting Stones.
Posted by: Vidya | August 18, 2009 4:26 PM
1) Hey u clicked the pic widout telling me... i wud have smiled yaar...
2) Our chessboard got distorted...
Posted by: Geetika | August 18, 2009 7:29 PM
1st: oops... black cappucinno!?
2nd: oh noo...only to jump or freeze...!?
Posted by: FlorentS | August 19, 2009 7:46 AM
1st: Booh!!! I will disappear
2nd: First u walked, now u jump, the u swim.
Posted by: SKumar | August 19, 2009 6:16 PM
1st: Genesis. Is it the beggining or the end?
2nd: One step to the unknown.
Posted by: Eleni | August 21, 2009 10:04 AM
1st_ the ghost of global melting
2nd- arctic summer puddles, yes they exist...
Posted by: LaraJ | August 24, 2009 4:18 PM