Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-10
LABRADOR ICEBERGS.
Gorgeous Specimens of Dame Ma
 ture's Handiwork.
Splendors of the Frozen Deep as Viewed in the Summer Seas of the Far NOrth-Graphic
 Pictures.

straight and the sea is deep close under the high cliffs. Here we found one magnificent procession of icebergs from the northernuhorizon," says a writer in the New York Sun, ''where they ap- peared merely as glittering white specks, to where they disappeared in the south. Frequently these bergs are at such regular distance from each other that they present the appearance of great line of battle-ships drawn up for action. From the open ocean some of these bergs are carried by the tidal currents into the narrow passages be- tween the islands, where they become finally stranded. When the bergs break off from the parent glaciers in Green land they have a more or less rectangu- lar outline, and if, while they continue floating in the open sea, any consider able part is broken off or melts away, they rotate and assume another position of staple equilibrium. But when they are once stranded they are held fast, and are sculptured by the sea waves and the hot air of summer. I believe, therefore, that on no other part of the coasts of all the wide seas where ice bergs appear can such fantastic forms D0 W1UucSSCu ttS we DCuClO O1 POA tion of the coast of Labrador. Occasion ally berg is carried in by a tidal cur rent until the existence of salt water would hardly be imagined except for the white towering spire of such a mass of ice.
 "At one such sheltered haven, proper ly called Snug harbor,' we witnessed one of these remarkable forms. The sea had blamed away the upper portion of the berg SO that the ice was covered with sea water three or four feet in depth, which assumed in the clear light a hue of rich emerald green. From this submerged platform arose pyra- mid of ice one hundred and fifty feet high. The base was one grand arch, and as we approached near to it we found the melting ice pouring over the archway a curtain of falling rain. From another portion of this same submerged platform rose an obelisk of ice higher than the Egyptian obelisk in Central park The ship steamed very near it in order that we might get series of pho tographs of this remarkable berg. A short distance further north fellow voyager, who came all the way from England to study these natural won- ders, called out to me to come forward and see a cathedral in crystal Such indeed it was. We estimated its length to be quarter of mile. The Catholic cathedral on Fifth avenue is located on a block about four hundred feet in length. If one will imagine this extended to be- come one-quarter of mile he will have a faithful picture of the view then be- f0 o height of at least two hundred feet. Then came the body of the structure, and a grand rounded dome, surmounted by another spire and a series of square building-lil1e masses, which my Episco- pal friend explained was the deanery. As we steamed by the high spires took on a change of form and assumed ex- actly the outline of an immense statue of the Virgin Mary, with the hands ex- tended as if conferring a blessing on those who were passing by. In com pariSon with this our own statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was of very moderate dimensions. It would well have repaid any lover of the won derful in nature to make the entire journey to witness these two bergs.
 'The surface of these bergs melts so rapidly that they almost appear as if coated with oil, and hence arc perfect mirrors for any light in the sky. It is a common experience to all people to have been surprised at sunset by a bright flash of flame from neighbor- ing hill or mountain. We all know it to be only the reflection of the setting sun from the small window of some building. In the northern climes, where the days are long, the twilight not only | fingers, but stretches itself for many degrees along either side of the setting sun.
 "We were coursing to the north, and would soon pass a huge berg. The water around us was so dark as to be nearly black. It became of an apple green hue where it rose over the sub- merged platform of the ice, and broke in line of white foam against the sides of the white berg. In moment more the ship had reached the right position for the great mass of ice to be- come mirror, and instantly the berg reflected all the colors of the setting sun, and became & glowing ruby o1 mountain size. Such an effect I have never seen in any of the arctic paint l W HIGH nave OCSA pE1V1icSeu study.
 "On our return through these intri cate passages the winding lanes o1 water were lighted up with the full moon that made a broad band of silver over the quiet sea. Suddenly out of the surrounding darkness there came a bright light Bishop Williams
 of Quebec, who sat beside mo, said
 There is a lighthouse on this shore.'
 replied: We are far from any such in
 dication of commercial progress; wt
 must be viewing some other remarkable
 phenomena The next moment wt
 recognized the light we saw as the gilt
 tering spire of an iceberg illuminated
 by the full moon, while the rest of thC
 ice was hidden in the mysterious dark | AAsa h0loyU "
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