The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-10-26

At This Time OF TIE Year Frozen I
Contu.iu. Ago q
The advent u the Iceberg season o, |
1900 was recently marked by the sight. |
ing OF a hure mass OF Ice floating
southward by the steamship Column
bian. while OF the coast OF Ncwfound-
land.
AZ this time q the year one OF IN,
Interesting features OF ocean travel Is
the frequent view afforded OF iceborgi
crossing the lanes taken by the ocean
liners plying between America and
Europe.
The icebcrgs seen I'm the North At
lantic ocean have definite limit u
travel They arc formed In the arctic
regions OF heavy inland glacial ice.
which. moving to the sea. is broken on
In enormous masses by Its own weight
and the action OF the water These
masses float away and are caught in
arctic currents ana carried into Mel
Vile Sound. where tho current de.
acribos a circle and carries them 20
the south along the coasts OF Labrador
and Greenland. Such bergs as are not
stranded on the rocky shores drift,
vast Belle Isle ana Newfoundland.
across the paths OF the transatlantic
steamers, until they reach the higher
toiA peraturo OF the Gulf Stream. In
which they gradually melt and dlsap-
pear Their most soulhorly limit Is
Cape Hattoras. and their eastern limit
passes close TO the Azores. Thelr field
Is then bounded by n line that runs
north 10 Southern Greenland with "A
sweep again 10 the cast alorg tho
shores OF Iceland. thence north Into
the Arctic ocean and east to Nova
zembla.
II Is matter of surprise to persons
who become acquainted with icebcrgI
/ for the nrst timo to learn that they
are frozen fresh watcr. and arc not
salt They are formed OF fresh water
frozen many centuries ago. during
which they havo been slowly travelling
/ 10 tho sea.
The danger of navigation by Iceberg
10 very great. and many good shlr
Lost mygierinusly at sea has founder
cd from coilialon with one OF then
drifting across ith path IN the night 81
In dense for. In 1891 the steamship
Miranda, carrying a party OF scientist.
10 Greenland. came int1 collision viii
nn Iceberg In the straits OF Belle Islo
almost fonndcrod. and was compelle,
to run 10 St Johns. Newfoundland. 10
repairs.
In crossing Davis Strait the Mlrandi
again encountered numberloas Iceberg
OF all sizes and OF the greatest varlet,
OF fantastic shapes. Sailing towar
one OF these. "A spirited discussion
arose on board as 10 It's size. the entl
mates made putting Il all tho wa
from 200 to 1000 feet IN height
was measured BY the sextant and wa
found to he 500 feet high. and TO cove
an area OF NV acres. Thus II wa
three md one half times as high n
the steeple OF Trinity church. In Mes
York. or nearly twice MS high as Ia
Washington monument
The specific gravity OF ice Is sue
that the proportion OF II when noaI
lag Is one part above the water lin
TO eight parts below. This would max
the entire height OF the Iceberg meas
ured by the Miranda 1900 feet. q
more than one and a quarter mile.
The berg had an area OF FIVE acre.
which. put into a square gives n quad
rangle measuring 5i5 feet on enc
side. The number OF cubic feet In N
mass may be arrived at my multiply
ing 5l5 feet length. by 5i5 feet doptl
by 1900 feet height. This results I
the enormous sum OF 1905. 100000 Gu
bic feet. A cubic foot OF ice weigh
about sixty pounds hence this &c,
berg. weighed app Ultimately 1887
200 900 pounds, or bi.2ss GOO tons
The great depth to which iceberg
sink in the sea prevents closer al
/ proach 20 shore than I'VE 10 ten mile
The temperature OF northern water
above latitude 5s degrees is below
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