Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-30

! r'-sas .lHd aJu1ian. vegetation 10
/ rato.L Bat OF sill more Importance
Ne the discovery Of fabulous wealth in
the iorm Of minerals aud pteolous
stones. On Colmau Island the c1r-
ya'ses were doRnged BY the minerals
40 tho neichb0fh1od. Specimens Of
rlck from tots place were shown to 81 o
delegates 10 the recent dsoRtapnicd
cpu russ In LDudon, ana among The
.amples were garrsis picked ny near
me snote. They were lyiag efounI
! uo.r, and the conclusion has already
oseu formed thst tue intel Of the
csuutty, tor tho supremacy o. Whicl
frs ami ice are sill battling, may b.
! TIE siotehouse n wealth 10 quhutitivs
uGbtafI OF anywhere olse on the face
/ VI the globe. Aui the conclusion T.
noi a.i1g ther im1giuAfv, iJr II j.
more ,DSt prob tblo that the brilliant
aurJrss seen ~ those regions indicate
tus picseuce Of enormous mineral de-
poslts.
Tho Norwegian explorer IL the
nist man, rs FAR - known, T.
set tot up1n ihu Antarctic
continent, an event important enough
10 bo recorded ia the annals Of tho
world. ns ioit Mslb0ur c, Au,,falia,
IN the whistler Antarctic, september -,
1894 His diary uIs kos 100 Ola large
siutlSoss thst took refuge % the vessel
OC, bof rs IN terri, snowstofm. ON
SOvcmb,f they had reached IS d.
tfecs and Z! uuuu.as south latitude.
VhUgtUAtIJc uttriHroithe my ferrous
continent was then slgnicd ~ y miles
away. Ihvy catered ihi pack Ice
December 7, aud about thal time they
saw mary "OiJt' whales, WHITE
pottol- aud seas
some Of the seals taken were marked
with big scare aud scratches. A like
phcu0HouOn was noticed halt o
century ago by Rose, VINO supposed
that tho wounds had been 4 iiicteI by
sea lcorlrls. Botchgrsyincs uoss no.
coincide with thn opinion, hut does
not venture any tx yisusUou Of his
own. ia some cases the wounds
tEt. nded lar Into ihp Ulubbor Ani even
iuIo tho q "a teneath.
On b comUef ~ they reached Bale
ny leland, IN laliiuIv 90. This islauu
wss or wnoi with Lofty mountains,
whose csEl, shfoudcl In MIS-, towtrrd
Two miles into tho sky. Two day
later tha ship was m.orvd to an IN
muusu u 81 ice,
Ga Cntslm1a by the An arctic
circle wss crossed, sui thir,y.thtur
days later Cape Affair on thu mainland
was sighted. Iho hcigh o. liu cape
was estimated at yearly iOJO ieel,
large square rock n basut rising ab.
ruply with perpendicular sides.
Sgar ny was a bay, Ia tho nolghbof.
hood ~ which tweuty glaciers were
counted. Ons OF them vas COZ, rel
with lava, beneath which thick
eyer Of snow, the latter resting upon
Another layer u lava, and that again
upon the suF'ucr o. the glacier.
On January 23, tho whaler A ntatctlc,
was again at Cape Adaif, snd
landing war msde on peninsula
that ran into the bay, ter
minating In long pebbly braoh.
lhon the explorer landed anu gathered
.omo specimens OF animal. aud vcgo.
talion.
The description Of tho country IL
nee, Esrily utleL merely Rgiimpss OF
II hGying been obtained, but II seems
that all tho theories formerly held con.
orrning tho south Pole must bs aban.
uouuI. l.tti.d OF barren continent
sleeping unues ever Of never melt,
lux Ice, the Wow OF a county with all
tho attractions Of climate aud natural
resource, IL presented 10 the world. Tue
iutyreaJ NJ scientific meu Ia this terra
Uc giifa nas uuuu awakened, aai TIC
rsult viii undoubtedly explorations
20 uud out what treasures nature nus
stored ~ 10 her mysterious reotssgs
behind ice WAllB.