The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-16
A NEW POLAR SCHEME.
Engineer Dunsford Proposes to Blow Up
the North Pole with Dynamite

Engineer Dun sford Proposes to Blow p
the North Pole with Dynamite
h A H Dunsford, an English civil en-
gineer, has issued q pamphlet in which be
discusses the question, Did nature intend
the Arctic sea TO be open and the climate
moderate, And is It possible to do By
means Of dynamite what nature has unac-
countably omitted 10 dor" Were the ice
cap removed from the North Pole" says
the author, "ths two warm streams would
fow as thsy do now: but, instead OF be-
coming chilled as they 60, they would fow
past the pole and southwark as warm
streams They would prevent the lees re-
forming, and do sway altogether with the
excessive cold Of the Arctic regions" II Is
to this end that nature mas been working
since the beginning Of history.
We know from Cesar and Ivy that the
rivers OF Gsul used 70 freeze over in win
ter. and that Germany was 2 land of frozen
morasses. Nineteen hundred years have
changed the climatic conditions Of these
countries From tire records Of the Hud-
son Bay company we know that the winter
on the shores Of the great bay has grown
shorter at the rate Of one day in ten years,
SO that the season during which the sea Is
open for navigation is twenty days longer
now than it was 100 years ago.
Sir John Barrow noted in 1sf5-Is that
the ice barrier on the east coast OF Green
land began 60 break UP, and he regarded IL
IS one of the most insooTtsnt, though least
noticed events in the history OF the world
Since that time the ice barrier has steadily
retreatsd northward. and should it con-
tinue 10 move toward the pole it will
Oh 49, wh4~h "A
japan current can flow without hindrance
from Behring sea through 20 the Atlantic
When this becomes possible the exist
ence of the-remaiuder Of the ice cap, thinks
Mr.. Dunsford, Will DO u short duration;
for when the open way is made the wide
beft Of ccd water viii disappear, and the
warm currents reaching the ice viii solve
the problem Mr. Durford proposes 70
aid nature III its attempt TO open al Arctic
route BY attacking the ice with dynamite
the Arrtic currents would OF course carry
the masses Of ice southwark The great
difficulty will De 20 open > channel wide
enough for a warm stream that VII net
loss ali Of fts heat on she way; the main
barrier would De the &c oslt Dorrh and
northwest Of Greenland OF course until
such q channel Is completely open II would
freeze over evvrT winter, but Mr.. DunStCrc
thinks the new ice veo-ld b smooth and
easily tr2verSed b. dog trains, 20 that sur
fAcs or submerged mines could "a laid,
then, winter being over, any desired sec
ton could be iastantznsous.y broken up.
Tie scheme proposed II Certainly Little
staggering, AID one 3 sSo1 lost when the
possible results are Contemplated With =
reduction IN slzs and temperature OF TIA
Arctic current PaTs Of the Gslf Stream
may De detected up DAVIS strait AID Bal
hns bay. meeting tas vESrm waters Ct ths
japan current II the Arct8c oce&a- IAsre
would De fs<e- lceo@r-s n the DSrth AZ
lartic and fewer scsEzzs. the teuPsTaturs
OF the east coast Of America would %
higher during the winter and spring
months. and eur friends Il Boston would
De 10 lo1Ksr SO miserable on account CT
their east winds Who knows but the
shores % the Arctic nay yet b zads habit
able, TIA: great cities Ray nSe spring up
On Hudssn bay AID - The mouth Of tee
Mscksaxie Flser. or tEzt future generations
may not, az means % dynamite. rzase Pa1s-
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