The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-25
An Arctic acknowledgements with
an Iceberg.

J al 1CEUClS
/ Dr. Hayes, IN his new work, The Open
/ Polar sea, thus relates dangerous en-
counter wlth an iceUerg
Giving too little heed to the currents,
We were eagerly watching the indications OF
wind which appeared at the south and
( hoping for breeze, when II was discovered
! that the tide had changed and was stealth
l.y setting Us upon Il nest OF befgs which
lay to leewarJ. One OF them was OF that
/ description known among the crew by the
! significant title OF touch me not, aud
| presented that jagged, honeycombed APP
! pearance Indicative vi great age.-Ihey are
! Unpleasant LeIghtors. The least disturb
| ance OF their equilibrium may cause the
/ whole mass to crumb4e 10 pieces, apd we
| tie unto the unluCky vessel that Is caught
| In the dissolution In such Il trap 1t
! seemed, however, that we stood tar
/ chance Of being eBsr AIRED. The curruut was
/ carrying Us a long Ut an uncontortaOiy rap
! 1t rate. \ boat was lowered aS quickly us
possible. 10 run out line To a berg which
!ay grounded about hundred yards from
Us. W hle this was being Gone, vt graZGu
/ the side OF a berg which IUSS Il hundred tcet
above our tuVlEasts, then shipped past All
| other OF smaller dimensions. 10y pushing
against them with our Ice poles We changed
somewhat the course or the schooner Dut
| when we thought that we were steering
clear OF the uiaso which We 80 much dread
ed, an eddy changed the direction of our
| DRIFT and carried ua almost broaQslde upon
/ Ii.
I The sch o0ne1 struck en- the starboard
| quarter, ana the shock, slight though 1t
vas dl>engaged some 1faglncnt. OF ice that
/ were lrSe enough 10 have crushed the YES
I 1
lungs that ratified aUuat US; bat fortunate
/ ~ 40 person was LIt. The quar,cr-d, cA
! MAS quIuAiy cleared, and ali hands, crowd
InS forward, anXlOuoy Watched the boat.
Luo berg now began 10 rayoye, and was
| setting slowly over Us; the little Jumps
Icil thicker aud faster upon the after decE,
and the tourca1lI0 Was the only place y mere
there WAS tie least chaHCe vi safety.
AT length the berg iLaeit saved Us from
destruction. An lluuenSe mass broke of
| from that part which was beneath the sur
face ot the sea, ana This, Il dozen times lar
ger than the schooner, came rushing up
within lew yards u Us, sending vast
VOiutne ot water am foam flying tIon It's
S.tiCS. IblS rupture arrested the revolution
and the berg began To settle III the opposite
dlIuc ION. Ana uuW came another danger.
y loag tongue was plotrullng immediately
underneath the schooner; already the keel
was slipping aud glIutlng upon 1t, and 1t
seemed probable that We should uo haock
( ed up Into the ar like u football, or at
least cailelzed. The side ot our enemy
/ soon learned from us aud we were III no
danger from the worse than Maidstone
showers which had driven Us forward so
we sprang 10 the ice poles and exerted our
strength III endeavorlng TO push the vessel
l.,.,
respects not the dignity oil the quarter deck.
After we had taugued ourselves at this
bard labor without any useful result, the
berg catue again to our relief. A loud re-
port first startled US another and another
followed IN quick SUCCESSION, until the
noise grew dCaIenlne and the whole air
seemed reservoir or tnghJful sound
The opposite side OF the berg had split off
piece, alter piece, tunDilng vast volume
| OF Ice into the sea, aud seudlng the berg
revolving back upon US. This time the
movements was quicker; fragments began
again TO tall, and, already sufficiently star
tied by The alarming dissolution which had
taken place, we were III mouientary ex-
pectation OF seeing the whole side nearest
to Us break lose and crash bodily upon the
Schooner, IN which event we would Inc vita
b!e be carried down beneath 1t, as hope
/ lcssIY doomed Us shepherd hut beneath
an Alpine avalanche.
BY this time Dodge, who had charge
OF the boat, had succeeded in planting an
! Ice anchor, and attaching his rope, and
greeted us with the welcome signal Haul
IN. We pulled Tor our lives, long and
steadily, Seconds seemed minutes. min
utes hours. AT length we began to move
! oil. Slowly and steadily sank the berg be-
hind Us, carrying away the main boom,
/ ana grazing hard against the quarter But
we were safe. twenty yards away and the
disruption occurred, which we had all so
much dreaded. The side nearest to US
now split off, and came plunging wildly
/ down into the sea. sending over Us show
+ er OF spray, raising swell which set us
rocking to and fro a5 if III gale of wind,
and lett US grinding IN the debris of the
crumbllng ruin.
| At last we succeeded in extricating our
/ selves. AMI were far enough away to look
back calmy upon the object of our terror.
1t was stl rocking and rolling like a thing
OF lie. At each revolution fresh masses
were dlscngaged; and, as its sides came up
III long sweeps, great cascades tumbled and
leaped from them, Kissing into the foam.
Ing sea. Alter several hours it settled
+ down into quletude, a mere fragment OF its
former greatness, while the pieces that
were broken from it hoated quietly away
with the tide.
EGsg@ According tn official ra,urnc tyo