Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-28
The Wonders of Even Our Own Won,
Are Worthy of Study.

Bergs have been seen in the ",
iantlc laden with humps Of ,os olm
and soil. Tbs banks of NJ peA' N
would appear to have been fo,ro oslu'a
way. Arctic lands suffer dsrDs .,u u % ]
the inland ice as it Greens I4a'ion
the sea, and the bergs separsts5 0 v
their parent glaciers, deposit ~ ~. =.
ments at the bottom of the ola
there to harden into rocks ana ~ IA
molding the surface of the plohs
ing Is lost, nothing is new. In wy
1927, berg was observed stra,Ssu
elghty-hye tathoms in 4615 deg nor \
deg. west. Much earth ana ,o.p
Embedded in its fissured sides pola., ~
and other Arctic animals were s.on ~ W
bergs of 1888. An abandoned ~
passed high and dry on huge ice ;.,a |
IN 1894, and ship with her crew y
seen similarly situated in 1s45. I'm, l
help could be afforded.
On the 2lst of April, 1851. tbs !.
Renovation passed IN immense il. 4
land, about ninety miles to the eas,v.s
of st. Jol r's, Newfoundland. Two u
mantled ships lay snugly upon 1t, \
there was no sign of life. Captain N
msAney, K. n, was deputed to jpvs.S
gate this report, and took great pains
arrive at Its truth, az it was inferred M
those ships were the Erabus and Ts,,1
of Sir John Franklin's i'll fated erns,X
ton. Some people are still of the ~
way of thinking. The crew of the a
man discovery ship Hansa were co,
PEELED TO abandon their vessel. crusb.d z
ice, aud took refuge on an imuep
| floating mass of ice, where they remain
for eight months. Their floating
island was seven miles in eircumfsrsn,S
and drifted south, until the poor feIo,l
were able to make their esca pc. D1ur
this time they had lived in a hut "a
struct0d from the coal saved from hi
ship. II. M. S. Resolute was absadops
imbedded in the ice, but was picked I
after long drift to the southwark. tn
ioe-bearing current tends to make u
American coast very cold. The varn1
water of the Gulf stream, on the 9TH
hand, enables the whalers to get far
the northward, on this side of the Allai
tic, and makes the mean Temperature 4
ireland in fifty-two degrees north as iii
as that of American coast ports
thirty sight degrees north, fourteen q
grees nearer to the equator.
Many losses and casualties were csust
by the ice in the Northern Atlantic 4
season. Masters should take frequeI
observations of the temperature Of q
sea, although it must not be relied I'D
as a specific indication. Warning, u
often be obtained by means OF the 90 l
given off from berg when steam WI
tie is sounded. No precaution must
neglected by those VINO navigate
floating palaces and ocean tramps; y
the safest plan is to adopt soutae5
route clear of bergs. The Etrutla
followed this course in her fastest l.
sages. Oar admiralty charts show
seasonal limits of bergs, aud the Unix
States Photographed Office issue char!
every month giving thu exact position
each berg up to the moment of goingA
press. Notices of bergs passed at
should be forwarded Immediately
arrival to Washington, and every q
reported will receive due PUBLICITY
There exists a marked difference
form between the bergs OF the two heH
phores. Arctic bergs are of ir-egnAa
shape, with lofty pirnecles, clOud-capa
towers and glittering domes; whereas
Southern bergs are fiat-topped and q
looking. The former reach the sea
narrow fords, but the formation OF
latter is more regular. 1T is veil 70
these splendid specimens OF Na'u'
handiwork q wide berth, for they frequeH
ly turn somersaults, owing to the was
away of their immersed portions
mense pieces Of ice fell from berg
to the deck OF ship that had approsc
too close to il while in tins trsn'l
state, carrying away her masts
manning some of tbs crew. Again ~ Il
have been sunk by eolliding WIN
submerged portions of bergs e1'sll
from their visible volume, IKE fssi'
rocks from a bold sea coast. hayes ~
pared one that he saw to the Ooios's'
Rhodes. His ship could have ssist .
der the arch of ice formed IN the
of the berg. ma.
North AtlaEtic bergs are nei'ns'
large nor so numerous as those me'
in tho Southern Ocean, between
Falkland Islands and the cape OF
Hope. In 1854 an enormous ICE =
was drifting in about AZ degrees
"a degrees west, for several moh'n'
was passed by many ships. 1t SS
feet high, 90 miles long, ana - -
wide. and was in shape like MORSE
ia two sides inclosed a Shelters
measuring 40 miles across. A larss i
GRANT ship. the Guiding star saii1u
this ice bay and was lost with gu 70
A similar, but smaller, mass o.
met aith North Atlantic oy tue
She ran into ba, formed ID tne III
of AN iceberg, in AZ degrees nor'p,
vas IL miles across, and she e1pel'
great difficulty in beating ont agsiI /
A cubic foot of ice weighs 90 90 "A
ounoes. but the same vOlume oI SO 49,,
wsicba ! $50 ounces. Hence ice nue.
watsr ami bpt one-ninth OF the W.
Of a berg is exposed 70 view. l me-.
savsrsI well authenticated instany.
bergs / 600 feet high having oss a,j5 a
in the Southern Ocean, so TINS -. - 9 h
the )tal height OF them a. '
feet. -
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