Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-09-07
IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
The Growing Popularity Of the I.aad or
this Midnight sun.


this Midnigi,t sun.
Every summer hundreds make the
excursion along the Norwegian coast
to the North Cape. where the midnight
sun is witnessed and the night Is as
light ~ day. The inhabitants of the
Arctic regions seem TO enjoy life as
much as those In lower latitndeS
They would not exchange their coun-
Try for any other. The lcelanders do
Dot want a bcttar country than that
! und in the island which 1, SUR
rounded by Ice half the year A few
| rmigrate because othe wise the popu-
lation would overstock the island. But
The natives OF high latltudes never
seek warm countries The Norwegian
Immigrants take kindly To Wisconsin
and Minnesota They want frost.
SHOW and Ice. II the lake, and rivers
are not sealed up half the year II IA
not good country for Norwegiana. A
few yea ago some OF these people
made explorations in Alaaka with a
view Ia settlement The winter climate
= r.lder than that OF Norway. or
course these explorers did not find a
country more attractive than the
northern parts of Wisconsin and Min
nesota. They found country where
the waters abounded In fish and there
were vast forests. But these advan-
.ages are found In the Northwestern
States and Territories In addition TO
cheap and fertile lands
DIR Nansen. who made the journey
across Greenland. was compelled Ia
spend the winter at Godthaab. on the
we tern coast He found winter life
enjoyable. The permanent white set.
ters did not need any sympathy on
account Of the rigors OF the climate.
Upsrnavik In Greenland is the most
northern hamlet In the word. A
Danish doctor who had spent most ol
his life there proposed 10 go back u
Denmark and end his days. But hav
Ing been gone twelve months he re.
turned TO live in the town within the
Arctic circle. declaring that IL was a
good enough place for him after hav'
ing seen something OF the rest Of the
world.
Arctic explorers who are not broken
by the hardships OF the first voyage
are ready to make another Life in
these high attitudes has fascination
for them. Whalemen go far up into
the Arctic Ocean year after year.
Captains OF whaling vessels rarely g
tire I ON business so long rs they have
tutficient physical stamina These
high latitudcs deal kindly with them.
In Sweden. the terminus OF the most
northern railroad in that country Il
nn the line Of the Arctic circle How
lar will civilization yet push into
, Arctic regions9 Rail Dads may final.
! reach the Arctic circle by way o
Alaska Life has been found tolerab' I
. / In winter even at Point Barrow, III,
! shores oi the Arctic Ocean.
, The summer tourists are now OF
their way In greater numbers ihar
j usual 10 the high lstitudes OF Alaska
: Those who have made the excursion /,
. the North Cape and have sine
made one TO Alaska. declare tina
i scenery along the coast OF the latte
: lurpa ses in grandeur and beauty tina
i slong the roast OF Norway The pas
!. sage through narrow waterways. tn
3 placid waters. wooded islands. land
h locked bays. fiords. majestic mount
n sins. and forests coming down to NEE
n the sea. and fu 'ther north the glaciers
Il are some OF the attractions OF thi
d summer excursion In high laiitudes
II AT no distant day. probably. thes
= summer excursions will be- extended
e points where the midnight sun will
). as visible as AT tn. North Cape. Wher
"A the present excursions terminate ther
- ls only brief twilight during IN
!. twenty 1our hours. IN old whalin
captain. being inierrogated about tn
appearance of the midnight sun In th
Arctic Ocean. declared that the sigh
was mol at all equal To the spouting {
70 q good-sized whale. San Francisc
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