Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-09
kTLAnTIc ICE RISKS
Some 81 the Dangers from Ieebergs In the
Early Months Of The Year

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Early Months Of The Year.
TRANSATLANTIC steamship owners have
f'ecpme quite exercised oYer the frequent
rep lrts made Of ice during the past ten
cst- TIE R1tzer I'm Scandal and P
Caland are the most recent arrivals that
have sighted these dangers, which were
encountered during their last voyages
across the ocean between iatitudes As
'Iegs. and ~ dogs. and loilgitudes A
dess. and 40 degs. The most definite de-
scription Of any Of the icebergs encoun-
tered was that at distance Of three
miles they appeared to be about 100 feet
high
Next TO fogs, or perhaps together with
fogs. there are 10 more disastrous expe-
| riences related than those we hear Of in
connection with ice encountered during
passage across the ocean, and it can
not be wondered that. in these months.
when fog Is at a minimum and com
manders Of vessels have time to devote
/ their whole attention to battling with
the elements and trying to reach port on
time In the face Of the tremendous gales
that sweep over the ocean, the report Of
ice should arouse their fears and re-
double their caution.
With the low temperature 81 the sea-
son, both OF the air and the water. one
great means Of detecting the presence Of
ice Is to a considerable extent denied the
navigator, and the deafening gale dead
ems sound from a distance a. it whistles
| through the cordage and smokestack
guys, 50 that the rearing Of the sea at
the base Of an iceberg cannot be heard
/ until II l. almost too late 10 avoid con-
tact with it. The ice blink. which fire.
| qusntly renders ice foes visible, even in
the darkest night, can perhaps be relied
I upon TO indicate their presence, although
/ the blink that attacks the strongest ewes
I Of the brightest Of lookouts when he il
trying to see something through driving
sieet and snow, effectuaEly prevents his
seeing To any great distance The ex-
| perience Of the past few years has no,
| recorded ice at this season, but accounts
Of former years show THAI ii Is OCCASION
ally 70 be met with and unhappily, as a
/ rule, disaster is included in almost every
account, 50 that it need scarcely be men
/ toned that great circuulspection Is nee
I essary in passing near the regions where
| these dangers may reasonably be expect
| ed Some few instances from the MANY
I recorded are quoted as Of interest, show
ing the peculiar and irregular tactics
these huge masses OF ice follow, as they
charge about from place to place, some
| times urged on By q fierce gale, and then
again floating piacidly along in an en-
| tirely opposite direction ~ me mercy of
/ some one Of the currents or counter cur
rents 70 De found II the ocean, the di-
rection Of which often becoming tran
/ sient and contradictory owing TO gales
/ oil wind that affect the surface Of the
tend.
In January. 1918, the brig Anne ief,
the harbor Of GreenspoDd, Sswfound-
land, in the morning and in the evening
| OF the same day got among ice; proceed
/ ed thus about forty miles and at day
light next morning was completely beset,
! with no opening to De seen in any direc-
ton from the masthead In this state
! she continued about fifteen DAYS. drift
( ing with the ice about sixty miles south
7 east by east, or about four miles in ev-
( cry twenty-four hours The ice had nov
| become Fery heavy, high above the sur
/ face, and about twenty nine large bergs
I were in sight She was altogether shut
in twenty nine days, in the last fourteen
7 OF which she drifted from latitude Is
deg. 81 ain- 10 latitude a deg. 81 min
q H-.- . L
ing the whole time from west to north
west In the course OF this two hundred
and eighty mile journey more than one
hundred large Islands Of the solid blue
Greenland ice were sighted
On the l2th Of March. 1926, the BRIG
Ajax when between latitude - deg.
and a deg, weather thick and cloudy,
with squalls Of hail and snow, ran right
in between two reefs Of ice. jammed to-
Z gether apparently in solid mass. and
/ when daylight dawned thirty icebergs
I 100 feet high we're found surrounding
the little craft The crew got up wood
en- Tenders and siung them over the side
, 70 prevent being ground into toothpicks
( by the surging masses OF ice Spars,
bales OF cotton and lengths OF cable were
/ one after the other added to save the
brig from destruction
/ In January, 1874. Capt. Burroughs, in
the ship Sully, met with an iceberg in
the Atlantic in latitude Is dogs. longi-
tude IS degs Later years have proved
the experiences enumerated above, and
this year OF exceptional weather, both
/ aaoat and ashore, has thus far been pro
( life with reports OF ice encountered in
I the same general region that il was
met with in tine cases cited The theories
I lately advanced that the arctic current.
I which sweeps along the northeastern
/ shores Of this continent and the island OF
Newfoundland until il loses Itself under
T the heated waters of the Gulf stream.
[ has mad no existence the past few months,
and that consequently the Gulf stream
I has come in nearer our shores. will hard.
[ IL stand when subjected to the searching
light of scientific inquiry. And prac-
teal REPUTATION of this theory can Be
found in the changed positions Of the
icebergs thus far sighted. which show
plainly that they are being moved by
ocesn currents in the direction hereto
fore taken by this polar or Labrador cur
renL-New YORK Herald
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