Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-11-07
The MYthie Sea.

For ages there has existed a myth IN
corning a Northern Ocean, whOsc shores
were the iInpeuetrahle barriers Oi ice, and
whose waters held Il life and music all It's
own. The ScandinAvians remember the
myth, and to This day in Sweden and Nor
way and tile Northern Islands. the great
unEnOWn sea has existence IN the belief
of ever, supersti iouS mind. To Us. who
reason 50 phiIOsophIcalIy that morning *
hidden, it WAS not deemed probable that
such a BODY Of water did or could Exist /;
and though many navigatOrs assert u
their belief in he myth, Il has not had
sufficient data TO clal ii attention. n few
minds, keen from Observation and saga
cious from nature, sull chung to III an
Glen. stony and suffered 1t not 10 die.
One OF those minis was DR.. Kane, who
now returns home with idIngS that the
lost sea is found !
Our readers doubtless poursed the mar
rarivc of the Kane Expedition with a
GREATNESS attention. and from II lear ed
thai the intrepid navigator LETT his vessel
fast in the almost Impenetrable mountains
OF ice in latitude rs deg. 40 min. north,
pushing bis way in Sledges and on foot
10 latitude 80 deg. 30 min, where he
[ stood upon the shores of, 10 his eyes, u
ljmirIesS sea. Three thousand square
miles did he scar with { t anf glass, and
vet 10 bounds to that expanse of water
were found for GfJy-twu hours did a
heavy gale from the north heave up the
heavy surf, and yet it brought down not
a par icle Of ice-showin2 that around
the pole all was ocean lie instead OF frig-
ii death. Thus was the veil penetrated;
surprise seized NJ on the philosophical
Spectator. and now the world Is busy
al the re solution OF this wonderful prob
lem of a Northern Sea.
list The Doctor represents those wa
iers As limpid as any summer sea. By
what pIOcess in nature can that high lat
itude so modify the temperature cl the
air as to leave the sea uuITozen Where
the Doctor wintered tn thermometer OF
ten stood at go degrees below Z ~, and
-el in a still mole northerly chime there
Is a sea which never Is frozen. Science
stands stupefed, for all lis axiOms ar
repudiaied and new laws are to reconcile
the facts TO theory.
2d. Bird and fish life is there exiS ent
in the utmost proiusiOn. There the awk
mi elder duck range in unlimited free
dom, while whales and walrus sport in
such herds . make the waters swarm
with their huge merrimeni. Can these
all live without proper food Does the
du K iniest these regions without btrrles
and grasses and bulbs for Sustenance
Here, then, is n er query for she spec
ulalor to answer, and Inc mystery Oi that
Northern Sea grows more exciting
Over the grand ice barrier VIII ch DR..
Kane passed was a new land, and be
called it Washington, giving names also
10 the bays and capes. Beyond this is
that sea, and that sea bathes the inlan-
gibIe North Pole-it holds the mystery
Of the Northern Lights in its keepIns-It
keeps the secret OF It's own life within lis
bosom will man ever solve that secret,
an open up that unknown world ? We
shall patiently await in hope for, III our
minds, Is a vague thought floating that
the sea which whirls arOUnd The pole o.
this earth holds in It's keeping the key TO
a thousand mysteries, and We have faith
To think that in our ears-shUuld they
he three o OF more-.hat mythic sea
shall give up lis long kept secre,.-Se"-
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