Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-22

They come from the BiAeiuI' anu thu
the mountain SHOWS.
A RAINBOW SET IN SILVER
one Of the sirangost atmospheric ef-
feels have ever seen happened on
our third day IN the chhnhei. m.
mountain walled river mao Wluehea
and we were again coming 70 mar
rgu,s whom over our pathway In front
of ua great rainbow sprang from
tho ar,v,v summit OF n low mountain
In tho uoi,th 10 that Of another noun
tain almost opposite on fhe north w
the channel. making a great iaihp'w
rpnn over the dark water IT MaH q
splendid. mnny-coiored uch or IN.
rais founded on polrH.r.g ot frosted
guygr A. Nc approached the rain
bow faded. the sky was Duo 1ycr-
head hut IA great wall 0f ncCcy white
cluuI- mad dropped down upon nr
rfshDr risen up from the Watcr Whom
I nrst saw II ! Thought u vas a h'.l
of icchcrrs. 10 was ns whiic az SNOW
and o. extended upward 60 what scented
e height " several huhurel l,.N
m8uft1ln to mountain Above thIH
wall thr sky was clear ana the only
9th O. clouds Go De seen were those hlNs
Ur.uu over thf mountain aka w
IUOI out Of the Hight rlght into rms
cloud wall out " the dfN alt INTO %
mis-. DO thlck that We could almost
wash our hands In H. hah h9uF
iligr wc were agi4n unugr q c',ar .NS.
Al times the mAaiH "t w li'Alh.
were hi ia. clouds and the deck clear
and dry Ar1in the clouds would form
10 roof over the channel and again the
lower walls OF the hills would br hide
den ana u.s could look over ihc clouds
at che grcon and snow above
AMONG THE icEBERus AND Ola
CiERs.
u scrmu strange to think u green
moss. rryen treen and "a mass u dense
green vegetation In mi1WlntCr amid
the snaws and FiaclcrA That u what
We have here. Tho glaciers slide down
into the green. and the snow ill'H ana
moitT upon o all winter Iona. To many
places the green le clear in others 70 i
snow. busted. and In others loaded Win
SNOW mansea on thu highest peaks
only II ~ all snow ana fee. Even ln
the iunrira ~ India ! have not sen s1
dense q growth % trees and plants 1s
along the west coast W Patagonia, We
had u chance % * on shore cvory after
noon when We anchored Tor the night
Pushing OUT way Into thr country WAS,
however. impossible. The trvvH are
ryorrrrona. GENERALLY small. but s0
dense that you could walk on their tops
on snow shoes a bed 90 moss .u deep
HH your waist covers the ground about
them. and great ferns. with leaves a.
long an your arm extend out In every
barn and rocky spot. The ground l.
saturated with moisture. The mold
ana rottlnT wood 0f centuries covers 70.
ana you sink ln and stumble about
morD than you would 100 an Irish bog.
10 o. only on the higher parts % IN,
mountains that vegetation ceases, and
only therc that the climate ~ such aa
90 produce glaciers and perpetual snow.
The iCrhrrEs which We saw IN the chan.
mel came from those glaciers They
are among the great glaciers % the
world. many ~ them surprising, % n
said. the largest giaclsra ~ the Alps.
IN Tirrfa del FurEu thry line the chln-
nrls in places with walls ~ Zee a thou
sand foot hiEh, ANA ships must sail
carefully not 90 be- struck by the lee
hfrra which In chunks u a thousand
tons ana upward break OF Of them,
with a noise IKE thunder, and fall into
the sea. icrhrrRa often nll Smyth'a
channel. 90 that 10 % Impossible TO gbt
through. This was the case last year,
when one " he mcamcrn WA forced
10 70 back aud who're the ship upon
which l now SIN had H. bows cruHhan
In By the icchergH. This glacial Ice ~
not like that Ia our rivers and likes. II
u as hard a. rock and uf a crystal
llnf Fre7n, During our second day In
thr archipelago We stopped the steamer,
lnrsoed an Iceberg ana tuwci u ~ 90
the ship n was a llitle berg. not big
scr than Washington city lot. but Il
was ~ a beautiful upaloHcrnt green.
with "a top u frosted silver. IL had
many angles and projections. and %
was with crowhtrs that the steward
ana a boat load % sailors attacked 10
ana broke on euouFh lee 90 last Tor the
rest ~ the voyage. ono of the great
log chains used Tor hoistiug heavy
Ctrdu was frHt coupled about the oor-
nor OF one ~ these lcr masses Then n
lever 10 the engine room was pulled ana
"a section N an Iceberg was raised hy
steam by means 0f derrick 90 me
deck OF the vessel Some of these
blocks weighed many tons, and alto
Rcthcr We must have taken a hundred
tons OF Ice.