Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-06
Remarkable Effects Of Arctic Cold on Nan.

Lieutenant Payer, the Austrian Arctic
explorer. has been laying some of the re
suits Of his explorations before the Geogr:-
phical Society of Vienna. lettering to
the influence of extreme cold on the hrl-
man organism, he related that on March
II, 1874, he and his companions m;rie Il
sledge journey over the S,mikltr glacier
in order to make Observations Of Francis
Joseph Land. On that day the cold
marke So Fab. below zero. No,wi IL
Standing this intense cold NJ Payer an :,
Tvrolese went ont before sunrise to make
observations and SKETCH
The sunrise was magnificent; the sun
appeared surrounded. rs i, does at Il high
degree of cold, by SIN Ill suns and it lirh
appeared more dazzling from The cont as
with the extreme cold, The. travellers
were obliged 10 pour rum down their
.hl oats SO rs not to touch tie edge Of the
metal cups. which would have been
us dangerous rs if they had
been red hot but tie rum lost
all is strength and liqulditv. and
was rs flat and thick rs oil. 1t was impue-
>lble to smoke either cigars or tobacco in
short pipes. Tor Very soon nothing but Il
piece of ice rcmlineI in the mouth The
metal of the instrument was iI>t Ike re. /
h IRON to The tOuc has Were some loo ketS
which some of the travellers. romiuticlllr
but imprudrntlv. continued To Wear mex
the skin. Nj. Payer says that 50 yrrat an
amount of cold pir;,lvz> the willard thai .
under It's influence, men, from the Un>tcaH
ness of tliclr Tiit. their Siammerinr talk
md the >lownc>> of heir ntal opera
lions, seem Il if they Mere intoxicated
Another effect of cold is a tormrutinr
thirst, Which Is due to the rval'oi alton of
The moisture of the body Ii j. unwnulr-
>om" to us" show 10 qutnch thr thirst it
brin3s on int1lmmatiun of the throat. pad
ale, and tongue. Besides enough can
never b" taken to q'Icnch the thirst. ~ i
temperature of 80 - 10 IS below 10
Fab. III, kc> il tn>te Ike molten metal
snow eaters in the North are col>idorrd
A. feeble and IF, inmate. in The same WAY
II i an opium eater in the East
The group of travellers who ]r;lv~crcd the
show fields We're surrounded hv thick
vap"rs formed 10y The cman;ttiun> from
their bodies which became con Ir>rd. not
ith>tandiny The fur> in which the travel
"rs were cnvcl"pcd. These Nupcr> fiji t.,
the groun'i. with SlYht noise frozen into
the form OF small crystals. and rendered
the atmosphere thick, impcnetrthlr. ana
dark Notwithstanding the humidity of
the air. a di~agrccahc sens ,tion of,lrvnc>~
was felt. Every sound d:fuS"l itsrIt to a
v""v l"n.r distamc". an ordinary CONVERSE
ton coulG he heard At n hundred PAGES oil.
VIII the report Of runs from the tops uf
high mountains could scarcely De. heard
N. Payer explain this phruomrm"n hy tine.
large quantity of mol~tur" in the arctic
ttmu>phr t. Meat could he chopped. AMI
mercury used in the shape Of balls. Both
smell and tr>te become gr,ai Y cntrtblrJ
in these latiju les; strength gives way I'M
d ! the par living Influence of the cold
the eyes involuntlriy closed and he
come frozen. When locomotiun stops.
the sole If the foot becomes
in>enSibe. 1t is somewhat curiou> that
the beard does freeze; but this is explained
from air expired. falling. being immrdi-
ately transformed into snow The cold
causes dark boards to become lirhtrr; the.
of the ey' and nose ALWAYS in
rea>es. while the formation of the per
'piration altogether ceases. The only
possible protection aTainst the cold is 10
De- very warmly clothed. and to endeavor
Is much rs possible t" prevent he conlcn-
'ation of the atmosphere. while the much .
'aunted plans ofanoining and olac hcninr
he body are prom 1unccd TO have no real +
ialue.