Telegram-herald., 1891-03-03

money in it) viii be accomplished be-
yond outlining some unknown coasts and
rectifying a few immaterial mistakes OF
previous explorers made in bad weather
or under other disadvantageous circuIn-
stances In the Arctic, Parry, of the
ROYAL navy. sailed over the Croker
mountains as mapped by Ross a few
wears before. but Ross nephew turned
around and sunk his lead in 600 fathoms
of Antarctic water, where the American
AdmiralWilkes had jotted down a mount
ain few seasons before. Still later
Mares again sailed over some mythical
Antarctic coast lines, and probably Nord-
enskiold may go near the same places
only 20 find mountain ranges where
others had found ocean basins, and
climb high hills where others had ha--
pooned huge whales. The dense fog
banks or water sky of the open lanes
Of water in the ice packs, look singu-
larly like mountain ranges at a distance,
while astronomical observations to de-
termine position are often taken under
such unfavorable circumstances OF
weather that n mountain, bay or other
two of latitud and longitude when
mapped accordingly.
The so-called Antarctic Continent" :"
which we see SO often upon maps and
globes. has for n real outlinc only q
disioiuted or discontinuOus coast line
that may be the ocean facing sides Of
an archipelago connected with each
other by q cement, so to speak, OF ice,
or IL may belong 70 true continent
buried beneath huge ice-cap that
oversprsads Il % a depth unequaled in
any other part of the world
There ia the coast called Victoria
Land. Of Sir James Clark Ross, British
navy, stretching roughly between the
f6oth 1ncridiaus east and west. There
is no doubt as ID this coast, for he
landed upon Il couple Of times, but
made no extenslcd land survey from t.
Admiral Wilkes traced % degrees Of
1ouritude from about looth meridian
cast - tho fTOth east. but this coast
line seems to have had bad luck. for
subsequent explorers could not find it.
Then the boil Frenchmsn, D'Urvilie.
followed a shore line from 100 degrees
10 fs9 degrees east longitude. Enderby's 5
and KemD's Land are about the 61th
parallel and between the t5th and Goth
.Ineridians east. while south of Care
Horn Is some indistinctiv mapped land.
So there il No lack of material for
Noryleuskiold % investigate il the ex-
petition is even fairly successful.
have already hinted at She enornous
Zee cnp which covers tho Antarctic c0nti-
nens. AMI alongside of which even the
great r,s~Ss-rifes II Greenland which
The popular Uafna usually ecnesives to b
the laxrest known glacial mass Is but
a mere borcsl bscsteile. Calculations
based on known glasial phenomena.
vary between three and twelve niles
frr the depth II the center e Ibis great
south polar ice cap, while the terminal
frysrts Il the mars dehcuching en- TIE
s.sasts Of the great southern sea by se
cliffs many k~v. iis-sds - fset n denth IS
seen by Antarctic nsviEstors are thrass
forward as rate q speed scfnawhere
between one thousand ana fifteen h7lu-
dred fe@t TearIv. The stuav of the
glacial physics car nowhere hs stsdied
with so much material st hand for the
rs1rposa and - saeh an advantages as IN
tke known end us,lsrcw1 ice 6sids ard
ice rssua.airs q the kntaretie regions.
Nsr,ies,skicla e technbcal s.iensiss
ard criTinal investigator n Just ssch
spheres cf research. a1d his krtllecTa-
ing expedition oaxht - Ne profile 81
vaiuaeie resuise shsresz.