The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25
NAySEy'S ARCTIC WORK.
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months ngu Tho volume, y hfG" VlufIn
containing ave memoirs. il m ,mr"rtnnt oon-
trbutInn o. our c,nr, tnoviods" ~ tho Arctic
,asions prof Edward .. rriptr. tho erl-
nrn' h.aloslat ~ canada snd Domlnioh ,om-
nls,iorer ~ rI.L,rle.. Ia. ius, written on
able roy,oN ~ N. volume which appears In
TIE ottawa No,uYais,. Tic following account
nf soma n a.. most interesting results ~
Nsp..n. researches 4. condensed from Prof
Princes article. These results prove ths ac-
ouracy ~ Lord IA ter's statement In tho. Roynl
Gnogrtpbical Society that nothing Ia moro
remarkable than tho scientific element In
Nanssn's ,,pedition."
When Nansen WAS In this country three years
ago he said he had accumulated such q mass
Of ob.efystions, physical. meteorological.
geological and biological that some years
would he reouire cd to work them into t~restises.
10 would ,ake Prof Snrs. his brother-in law.
about three wear. 10 study the crrstacea alone.
Prof. Ssr,'s memoir contains some very
unoxpected Information Thus We learn that
floating snrfnce animals Of minute size ara
abundant even in the most northerly polar
wa,ery. though almost perpetually covered
by a LAYER Of ice. Mr.. Tyrrell has told us that
there ore lnkes N the northern barren grounds
sbeet.,, over with thick ice at midsummer
vet Astounding In yhitofsh. but the plsnitlde
Oh HlIltA aTN.A III I 7 - lNN sui NJ ~
Of the Arctic il even more SUR rising. Most
Of them are Copspods, an order of almost
microscopic crustaoeans. Of which the CONNER
fresh water mite. Cvcipps. Is a familiar eS-
amplc. They form the STAPLE food Of young
fshes The nunter Of srecies in such cold
seas 10 extraordinary md they often dlscolor
the sen surface by their multitude. Or. Sars
avs tho largest cotches bv Nsnsrn were not
n,de nj the surface but Mt a depth Of $50 20
400 wards indicating that the ice makes the
,nnsr,,o.t strata TOO cold for even there hardy
nemhers Of tho crab and shrimp class.
DR. N,nsen.s no, rowing in the long len..
y, rotor hot nson tho ridges Of hummock ice
revealed rich p.l,rIo NE n. sppsrently all
s.azon. Rri,ish. German. Morse and imeri-
.an invstioa,ors have found that typical
sur,oc. sn,nals constantly descend. many
snoci.s ,reou.nt,no tho basal water. twenty
~ y, " w.. n, c. ha,woor -. .ur.
nI I'VE described ny Ut ouTs oet"e'h III BUR
face and the bottom IL a new fact OF interest.
heretofore niue me 4" yer u'n III ~
middle ocean dep'hs' NaturallS'7 antlci-
pated that Shere might be a rich fauna on ths
moor Of u's aru' seas Inc fer sppenrs
10 De ,he case inc ueep sea souna,ns, saN'
onlv ons hottie in pr Nnnsen's collection
az u ..
con,a'nea ,"e ,uto.nh,s % a., - , oo
,o,hors wer. found roI,h Of 70 .epre.. north
'" .o -n oma. oa,s, 80 ,r 90
LATITUDE Near the Sloerh9h 'oaS' anu w I"
the seyen,y-uinth parallel the water rarely
oYce.d. ninety ss,homs. but A little south Of
- 49, n,,'aI 81. shoILow. horon ~ d,s-
the latitude hai!eu tte swallows peEnn 10 ci--
appear. deeper -ounding- were recorded and
tho dcp,h increa sod with amazing .uddenass,
thus ovc%rthrowins Altogether the precon-
ceived conCeption 81 a north polar sea-. In
deed the great d-rths ap,enr to be a %cont,nn-
tend. between solt,oergen and Greenland.
one peculiar shrimr-lke creature, on am
phipoh' was fonna ohns"s 10 'he cunning
line when hauled up from a depth OF LOO
~" -. tu,f , ora,io,
ihdee' " was anno't ',.'' h,ht'a,
S \. GsI. T ya,Is asTe 1Sas l laSaq .nH tras hn%H.rr:
lpve.tiea'ien sEpsar' to indicate %ps5hsp;
the most remarhaole iacts 20 the MINDS Oh
nstursItis nSa nave 9een ub XII at.eI identical Mwith'
t]roniGsl wstsTs and in some cases not nearer
CONTRARY to AL previous hvnrostapn.ru
eNptr!ghce IN tmc eauSime no,e"' u 'eHia
n=@srrmrT wa wSs d isnnI 10 pE in ,hs water 70 greater
rents rerintate 2id lnfHence t.e tnnGrliLi'
Mhlcn nrcvaiI m me Ner1 near on rner ~" 1911
Nansei, esI!al,s thlS neeItt " =, rur '.idndt
a the last remnants 81 tIe uui S'Team speiu-
Ing Itself ID these 't,slI nunee .,,,,~
mus ne argues that, an aDllnnanr n"h,luF
fauna has been lhtrodnceh from We "est:
while the loGd snpllleS u" -lppnrI tniS VIZ,
marine, poplliIioh come IRON, ,ue ."@.
lhlnt mo Siytrian c,trtht Is oi treat inpur,
tarce. saws l,r Sars, IN cohveyIhs = consu,nS
SUPPLY oil nourlShmeht 70 me peNaslc ahlllaIs
or the north polar oasih I'M. n,url.ilnent
CONSISTS OF mlCI"tportc alg%, chieHa uIttlIIS
which are tound 70 apolhu IN we rupeluCllI
DOW wafer pI tne SIBERIAN Ssn: tnomen tIai-
nally diminishing IN qusnIlty Nt-iW"fui
piarently OWING 10 tner nrllV u'VflN I''
upon by various peiaalc ailtlhIs lll"'l'
WITHOUT suoh a conslant ShVeyanSe oI nouriSnI
Inc matter there conld oe no such rlch ahiiihl
uia IN the polar sea
The dark bands ana d,scolorauons ehtinlted
nv Ice In northern waters are MANY que tp
these lowly plants (diatoms' lhoQRh nlnxied
At times with mineral dust, propaOly volcanic.
the ochre, br9wnl-h,red or duli green tnts
seen on lnc slues aili uldf gus - N,e' LIS,
f,ocS and even pan ice are foun5 to be due To
tlese Vegetable organism, Or. wax cham
when in Hudson Strait. reported on july "a,
1897: = great daal q We &c we have seen 10
day IL discolored ana soiled; IN some OF | we
ever. Is covered with an alno sin'isf 70 tnat we
Prof Cleve on, his first examination OF ~.
Nnnsen's material distinguishes sixteen species
OF these plant forms, all OF wnlch are luenllChl
NTH all n rnm ~ NI1A1I