The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

weather. and has kept accurate ac- counts of weather conditions as he has found them in the north. He has also taken occasion to pick up, !n his spare moments. historical data concerning cold weather. This he has compiled into an article. al though not nearly all of the data he has collected is included. The article is as follows:
 With the memory of the hard win ter of year ago still fresh in ou. minds and the reading of the ther .nometer an ever ready topic at tho present time, the following historical lata may be of some interest to tn, eaders of this paper.
 In the year 220 A. D. there were i've months of cold weather without thaw in England. In the year 25J \. D. the River Thames was frozCh Jver for nine weeks. and again in .91 A. D. all the rivers in England were frozen over for a period of six weeks. In 359 A. D. fourteen .ays of extreme cold froze many |. the locks and firths in Scotland.
 In the year 401 the Black sea was completely frozen over for 20 days. n 443 there was 6 months of hard winter ill Germany. In sos all the ..iyers in England were again frozen ,ver, this time for two months.
 In the year 55S the River Danube 5as frozen over from it's source to it's mouth. In 67S the Black seq gain froze over. the ice being sev, eral feet thick. As one old chroni- cler says, the ice was thicker than a mans height.
 In 695 the ice on the Thames was so strong that inns were built on it. in TT the snow lay for three month on the hills and plains of Asia Minor.
 In the year 821 the winter in near ly all of Europe began on September 2 and lasted until April 12.
 In S27 the British Isles were visit ed by weeks of intense cold weather In S59 the ice on the Adriatic sea was so strong that they crossed it with horses
 In 908 all the rivers of England were frozen over for two months, .and in 923 the Thames river was ice bound for 13 weeks.
 In 9S7 the whole of northern and middle Europe was griDped in frightful cold spell for 12O days. be ginning on December P. In the year 1885 all the grains and other crops were frozen on the fourth oi June in Sweden.
 In 1O4S the Skagerak froze over md great bands of wolves crossed over from Norway to Denmark. In ,063 the river Thames was again .rozen over for 13 weeks.
 In the year 106S the rivers in Ger many were frozen so solid thai Henry the Eighth marched his lrmies on the ice In 1070 the Brit ish Isles were again visited by severe winter, the cold spell lasting rom November to April.
 In 1924 the Skagerak was again frozen over from Norway to Jutland, Denmark, many people driving across with horses. In the winter of 129L he same conditions prevailed in the Baltic sea, many persons crossing rom Sweden to Russia by way oi Jutland.
 In 1923 the ice was strong enougi jn the Baltic sea for travellers to 20 from the Danish Isles to northern Germany. The ice was so strong hat inns were built on the ice for the accommodation of travellers. In 1889 many people froze to death in England.
 The year 1899 saw the whole of the North sea frozen over. Travel CTS crossed from Denmark to Tom esen on the Ice.
 Again in 14O7 the Baltic and th' North seas were frozen over. In l4O9 the Danube was again frozen )ver from it's headwaters to the mouth. In 1423 the Baltic was again frozen over, and in 1424 the whole North sea and Baltic again froze over.
 In the year 1434 the British Isles were again in the clutches of a fear full winter. putting a tight cover on the Thames. The year 1464 was perhaps the most severe winter rance has ever seen. It is saic hat the bread and wine froze on