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r;ntlo tb.t tbov cannot no brouybt undor ony
certain rule,
TLe o. stern coast of Greenland WAS in former
,;,,as acccssih,e and well nconloJ An Of a
smdJa,n IN i'm nenetrable In rrrr IF ;ce in,crnnseJ
;,anic to,,,,oa,, Il and Eurone For man, a nos
Croor,anj rnulJ not bc visited Ahont tbo vc,r
,a,s ,i';s 100 rndcrvcn, an OK ord;no ~ hr,L.
IN, m h.c.me scattered in n southcrlv d;rrct;on
nnd in IN Tho rnast free for many decrees of l;,
tnJo Wbo could ever predict that sucb dis
ioo.,,,, ,f tho folds of ;ce would fake nl,ce IN
s,,nl - ,,oar r,,hor than i, onotbor3
Tbo fo.tna ice which ought 10 ac, mos, on
orr nI;,,atos l. ,h,t known nv Tho Enpl;sh nanc
~ loo hors,s Thoso mountains nj ;cn rome from
tho rl,c;nrs nronerlv so called. of Sui,zherpen
or ne shores -of Baffins Raw. They ,Ietacb
themselves from the general mass. with noise
like tba, or thunder when the waves have mn |
iorn;nod ,he;r h, 80 and when tbe rand congo.
l,,;on of rain.u,,,or in ,be;r l;ssures nroJuces
snfI;cen, exn,n~;o,,. 70 move these bnsp masses
and nush them forward such causes and such
effects. will always remain beyond the range of
buman foresight |
Those who remember the recommendations
which the puj,lps never fail To rive upon an
proachinr certain walls of ice. and the huge
masses of snow placed upon the inclined ridges
of the Alps those who have not forgotten that
according to the ailirma'ons of these experienced
men. the report of a pistol, or even mere shout,
NAV produce frightlnl catastrophcs, will agree
in the opinion have Just expressed.
lccbergs often descend without melting. even
to pretty low ATTITUDES. They sometimes cover
immense spaces we may therefore suppose
that they sensby disturb the Temperature of
certain zones of the oceanic temperature, and
then by means of communication. the tcmpcra-
ture of islands and continents. y few instances
of this will not be ont of place.
On the 18th October 1917. in the Atlantic
Ocean. 46 80 north latitude. Captain Beau
fort fell in with icelerrs advancing southwarlS.
On the 10Th January 1873 on the west Of
cr Y" emo d. in Newfoundland. Canaan Day.
.., .,r, ,,.;,l, ao,,;nr Islands I'm tho f,lIo,,,.
mont .'ic' M'', noal Ia co. hnsot ,,,i ;n ,ha,
ing Jay 'lc n,.a rn,', ,i' ,',' Wv
no no Quiet co'''u W Sco.' e,. ,'o'' ',e
!, ne zee lor 'hc ''o,. p'"f NJ "po', - LII
hsi lec' apoNc ''c "'.oi o $50 "is V'i-
reu so'll'M III 1''.a ~
uaxs; ito'selsasceu t ,,oe' ~ - i,''. ~,
~ leagues c's' Vi ny 49, D"''.'e nus
singular iihp'ssoi'lenl I"f','n ~! '''oi'' "o''-
ed upwards OF huiufe ,,s 'ooptrgs' :, , =.
va ..,e -0 III, ,-,;,.,i ', IS n'.; NV
.une' % 10 %. '"Is.."u wei L W ans, '"p-
TAIN VIVIAN t''' u"i'',Y '!o "r''o my d" ~
cessNeiy co'o VIM poMLns ron, 'lc horu''
wh'ch ieo MN 10 s"pposc 'ris, ICE VIZ
my anu Ill 'a'' vi '':c WIZ NY ne Jaw
h''''''"re vi 'oa''''g '>'''',' VIM" u. o,P'o'
space oi "P~a.os vi S,'c'i pouS"or' .nth.
vi uieSo .9,a'lue. %!' O; We '''" wv "
-'w ~, i'"S.e" ,oo' nj" .oo' .''o ""',''
Inc prg uhcnt iiohn urec.nrk me, W''n
helds OF ice on TWO uiilereht occasions. III her
from ".; john - re" 'o''''i.iu, W sou
inhu' il'st Oh thc l'ti' January lolo' at 'hr
Instance o' TX ic'S"oH .,oi'' NV F'lt s"c IA"
lct anu a''erwa' , w 'i,e Sie 'iont'i' ~ Id,
utnoe ~ % ne IT, -, nu ,; WE mpws,is VI
ui'eo ,o"e ~, ~ nv - III
u'.e'''oi' 'o.,u ',,', ;,n,,r', i,
"'7e very eN'o"'''e' '"' ''' '''''"''' ~
Ou no ao,I, March 1918 , s,ro, of war.
The Flv. passed between two LARGO islands of
floating ice in ~ degrees of north latitude.
On I'd April 1918. Lieutenant Parry met
with icebergS in 49, 20 of north latitude.
This wear OS45) the English vessel Roche
fort continued enclosed. at the end of Auri and
beginning of May, for twcnty-onc consecutive
DAYS. in a mass of floating ice which ran along
the bank of Newfoundland. advancing to the
south.
The sea is much less easily heated than the
+ land, and that. in great measure. besause the
water is daphanous. Everything therefore
which causes the diaphanety to vary considcra.
bly. will produce sensible changes in the tempc.
nature ofthe sea- immediately after in the tenn
pcratnre of ice ocean, C atmosphere and. some.
what later in the temperature of the continental
atmosphere. Do causes exist, independently OF
!, what science discovers to us, which may inter
fere with the TRANSPARENCY of the sea to Il grea,
extent Let the following be nv answer
Mr.. Scoresbv has shown. that in northern
REGIONS. the sea sometimes assumes Il very de.
| cidcd olivegrecn color that this tint is owing Il
mcdustr and other minute animalculH and thai
wherever the green colorprevails the water pos
sesses very little daphancity.
, Mr.. Scorcsby occasionally met with greer
, bands. which were from two to three degrees o
, latitude go to 50 leagues in length, and from
10 to Is leagues broad. The currents convey
; these bands from one region to another. w,
must suppose that these do not always exist fol
Captain Phpps, in the account of his voyage t,
+ Spitzbergen, makes no mention OF them.
As have just stated, the green and OPAQUE
: portions of the sea must become heated in !
e manner different from the diaphaneous parts
This is a cause of variation in the Temperature
e which can never be subjected TO calculation. W.
can never know beforehand whether, in such am
:. such year, these countless myrads ot animal
If culr will be or less prolific. and what wi
be the direction OF their migration southwarls
c The phosphorescence of the sea is owing t
t. to minute animals of the mcdusa kind. TIL
II phosphorescent regions occupy large spaces
IS sometimes in one latitude, sometimes in another
Now. as the water of the phosphorescent space
: is quite turbid, and as It's diaphaneity is almo,