The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-20
SOME DATA ON
 COLD WEATHER
 CONDITIONS

haiS "eSteHNih, d FdiTDdilhS HllnllP man, has been in Alaska since 1898 During that time he has always been interested in the weather, and has kept accurate accounts of weather conditions as he found them in the north. He has also taken occasion to pick up, in his spare moments, his. torical data concerning cold weather This idea he has compiled into an ar. ticle, although 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 our minds and the reading of the thermo- meter an ever ready topic at the pre- sent time, the following historical data is of some interest to the readers of this paper.
 In the year 220 A. D. there were five months of cold weather without a thaw in England. In the year 250 <h' i' tiic itifCi "do tiohth over for nine weeks, and again in 291 A. D. all the rivers in England were frozen over for a period of six weeks. In 359 A. D. fourteen days of extreme cold froze many of the locqs and firths in Scotland
 In the year 401 the Black sea was completely frozen over for 20 days. In 443 there was six months of hard winter in Germany In sos all the riv- CTS in England were again frozen over, this time for two months. In the year 55S the River Danube was frozen over from it's source to it's mouth. In 678 the Black sea again froze over, the ice geing several feet l thick As one old chronicler says, he ice was thicker than a mans eight.
 In 695 the ice on the Thames was so strong that inns were built on it. In 717 the snow lay for three months on the hills and plains in Asia Minor. In the year S21 the winter in nearly all of Europe began on September 22 and lasted until April 12. In 827 the British Isles were visited In 859 the ice on the Adriatic sea was so strong that they crossed it with horses.
 In 9OS all the rivers of England were frozen over for two months, and ] in 923 the Thames river was ice bound l Tor 13 weeks.
 In 987 the whole northern and mid dle Europe was gripped in frightful 1cold spell for 120 days, beginning on December 22. In the year 1885 all the grains and other crops were frozen on June in Sweden.
 In 1048 the Skagerak froZe over and great bands of wolves crossed l over from Norway to Denmark. In l 1863 the River Thames was again frozen over for 13 weeks.
 In the year 1868 the rivers in Ger many were frozen so solid that Henry the Eighth marched his armies on the ice. In 107O the British Isles were | again visited by a severe winter, the cold spell lasting from November tc April.
 In 1294 the Skagerak was again frozen over from Norway to Jutland Denmark, many people driving across with horses. In the winter of 129s the same conditions prevailed in the Baltic sea, many persons crossing from Sweden to Russia by way of Jut land
 In 1923 the ice was strong enough on the Baltic sea for travellers to gt from the Danish Isles to northern Ger many. The ice was so strong tha inns were built on the ice for the ac Pronunciation of travellers. In 133! many people froze to death in Eng land.
 The year 1899 saw the whole of thu North sea frozen over. Traveler' crossed from Denmark to Tomesen ol the ice.
 Again in l407 the Baltic and thu north seas were frozen over. In 140 the Danube was again frozen ove From it's headwaters to the mouth. + l423 the Baltic was again frozen over and in 1424 the whole North sea ant Baltic again froze over.
 In the year 1434 the British Isle were again in the clutches of feaI full winter, putting tight cover on tn Thames. The year 1464 was perhap the most severe winter France ha even seen. It is said that the brea and wine froze on the table of tn Duke of Burgundy; in Paris and othe cities milk and wine was sold 1 frozen chunks, and by weight instea of by liquid measure.
 In 1468 northern Germany suffere from extremely cold weather durin the month of November. In the yea
 15O3 the ice on the river Pc in Ital
 was strong enough for the papal arti aery to travel on. In 1855 the Zuidt
 Zee in Holland was completely froze
 over, and safe for horse to cross.
 So far as the countries around tf
 Baltic sea were concerned. the wintt