Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11
rnE NORTH POLE


mailing The nae Co the North Pole.
until some readers may be under the
impression that there BE-. actually a
pole" on the top Of the earth That Is,
of course absurd The poles are merely
the points ON tc earths surface bop
which the axis of rotation terminates.
They are the points in which an the
imaginary lines that we can meridians
meet There is nothing TO nail a hne
10. except Zee blocks. possibly. pr COOK
says b. found absolutely no evidence
Of plant or animal life at the Pole,
though there were bear tracks and evil
dence Of lie ~ tho water as FAR north
as 81 degrees AZ the Pole there was
only ice and the ico DR. cook says.
was about the same as throughout the
rest Of the Arctic zone with the pos
sible exception that 60 Is more active.
Observations showed that the drift of
the polar icc is southeast while the
direction Of the winds is southwest Il
Is evident. therefore. that even 81 the
flag is raised at the North Pole one
year. next year 10 may be found miles
away on the over drifting ice.
Speculation has been INDUCED In as
10 whether the successful explorer
would nnd land AZ tho Pole. For many
years however. that idea has not been
entertained hansen and Abruzzi came
near enough to justify them I'm the con-
clusion that tho Pole is covered with
frozen ocran. and that seems 10 be
corroboratcd by Dr Cook
Some scientists take the view that
there were Polar continents at one time
IN the carly ago Of the earth They
hold that through the revolution Of our
globe around us axis. the water part.
ed" at the Poles and flowed outward
toward the Equator This caused
continent 10 appear al each Pole As
Moses expresses a. God divided the
waters from the waters. and caused the
dry land to appear" The climate 81
those Polar continents IL is thought
was tropical as is evidenced by the
fossils within the Arctic zone what
caused the great change in the Polar
conditional
To this question the following an
.swer has been. offered: A. the interior
OF the earth became fused the matter
expanded and when the expansive force
became sufficiently great an explosion
occurred which resulted In the eir-
walton Of what is now the eastern con-
tnents Of the globe. by this explosion
large percentage ~ the earih's weight
was removed from the interior 10 the
surface with the result that tho earth
MAS thrown out Of center just as the
moon r. now. The earth then com
mcnced TO drift instead of revolving
To illustrate what happened when
the explosion took place that elevated
Europe. Asia and Africa and made
them appear above the water We may
consider what would happen 20 a re-
volvlng wheel n large per cent Of rs
interior should be- removed To one side
Of lis surface. II would soon cease %
revolve, having lost its balance This.
IL rs said. is what happened 10 the
earth u lost IFS balance The North
Pole was turned from the sun, Just AZ
the heavy part of the moon Is turned
from the earth. The temperature was
instantly changed and the climate be.
came one OF frigIdity All forms of
animal and plant hfe persisted The
life Of the Arctic continent went out
In the terror OF darkness and cold As
soon as tine earth ceased revolving upon
its axis the Polar continent was mum
dated. Tho waters divided by the
earths diulnal motion. flowed back
Animals were washed together by the
force OF the incoming tides They
were thrown iu heaps by the force o.
the rushing torrents Many of thr,r
carcasses were incased n ice where
they are found to this day
such Is one theory % seeks support
81 the words Of the scriptures The
earth standing out of the water and in
The water whereby ,he world thai thtn
was, being oyerdoNed with water pof-
ished e. Peter g. D. 6D
Later in tho history of thc earth ana
other explosion oc uriod. hs time la
the Western hemisphere. Tho rriH
crust was opened almost from Pole .o
Pole. and the gcat Ho.Ey Mountain
system and other parallel mountains
WIZ liAA'N 1872 NN.'' N.II "HN iNi' NN TO
ocean The section of thc sbcll of tho
earth lyine between h. Rocky Nun
tains and the Apral hau system Na,
llfted on ANA hod % position by enc
fused matter underneath uum M
mountains cnugealcl lli the continent
became permanent
Ry the elevation 40 Che Western con.
tinonts. equilibrium Vus as4u restored
90 the earth and II began to reyol,e
~ was. however. no longer 600 per
pendioular line but ou Dino at 1r
angle OF rs degrees owing 90 the grea0
prcponderanco of land Boz the northern
regions The water again began ID
recedo from the Poles la the aouil
the Polar continent has already ap
peared above tho water in the uorti
thc frozen waters have not SET beer
divided sufficiently 20 let the Ian.
appear again But The drin is oyiden;
~ away from the Pole.
There was am impression az one dime
among Bible readers that perhaps soml
part Of the Ton Tribes had found thoil
way 10 country supposed 90 exits
beyond iho northern Zee barrier Ru
there never Was, t0 our knowledge
any sufficient reason for accepting suol
theory The ancient prospects say
that me Lord viii bring HE people