[jambutty]

I hope that you are right garinda but science is of the opinion that the Gulf Stream will not get as far north as it does today if the north polar ice cap carries on melting at the current rate, because of the density of fresh and sea water differential, not to mention the actual cooling effect of ice cold water from the arctic.

However I should have been talking about the North Atlantic Drift, which stems from the original Gulf Stream.

I may not be around to feel the effect but then no one expected well established and long standing ski resorts to be without snow and humungous chunks of the arctic polar ice detaching itself and drifting south.

Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream and http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/impact/gulf_stream.shtml and http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Climate/Older/Gulf_Stream.html