Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-17
The Problem of the Ice Caps And
Their Range.
Marian Topography ms ATectcd by
These Wintry Appendages-Pro-
fessor Lowell More Than Ever
Convinced of the Presence
of Life on the Planet.

to Nature, headed, Mars in 1907. OBJ
se.vations at the Lowell Observatory"
Is is well known that the rudy planet
has OF late been in a highly favorable
position for observation, and the Ameri-
can observatory is admirably situated
I for the purpose, says the London Tele-
graph.
| First of all comes the question of the
! icecaps. Since the time Of Sir william
Terschcl it has been known that there
were caps Of ice or snow around the poles
of Mars which extended or contracted
according to the season. When It was
! summer in hemisphere Of Mars the
CAP diminished in size; in winter the
| polar cap expanded. SO do our own tex
rcstrial polar caps. but hardly to tho re-
lative extent of those on Mars, which IS
a much smaller body In the present op-
position tho Lowell observers caught tho
planet when its southern cap was at its
maximum and tho northern at its min
mum extent. Professor Lowell writes.
"Thc moment was more proptious than
/ has ever been the case before when the
! planet has been observed. because II was
! then upon an even keel, as regards the
! earth. the equator lying nearly in the
! plane Of sight The southern cap stretch
| cd across % degrees of latitude, count
too, er,,, ono sido 80 u 70 tho other the
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Ar l'o"e!i mas lounu lar more rnarhihss
than the ltaran astronomer HIS map
| indicates hl'S-lour regions 80 cahais
ana l'Z GASES, Ana no" We come 10 inc
most recent ooserNa'io"s ana '''eii start
| .,,.,
says:
| Ni'or ''e H'eitins OF 'He "out" toiaf
cap ma" got Wen uiluer way caiais De
gan 10 MAKE 'nei' apPea rance "oou. ~
running thence r"Hhu 'n- o'sh, l"es
canals i''' 'S eoE' ar. jolneo 'ne rest
reE'on lying ROUND 'he H'"S Locus VT
Lake OF the sun hrst lo"'d symptoms
| "i h""NlHs acuNltS' i"c 'O"H i'"'"'
stood composer .. Two Po' .'''S' 'arse
oval pa'ch on tne east an" S'l''iel
round one 10 the west from DOL" Oh
Wh'ch canals ran ln'o 'i'e "''h areas
| l"ose on the sou'h' Such as Ah"ros''
ana Ba'nyS We're udrh'' anu "''e Pi'-
nouncod tan those running horth' the
Tithonius' FOR example winch showed
! evidence OF beihS III It's uedd OF she'etoil
condition. "h>Ie the former We're IN Kun
tloe OF deVelopfheh'' Mean ""'4e t"e
&c ator>al canals were steadlly iadlhs
out
1t Is desirable TO quote IN detail 'hlS
somewhat technical observation TO sho"
| the confidence with which many o. the
Marian observers-by no means all
| re n