Show A POPULAR FALLACY fall in Tera temperature U e of f ocean does tot enot eson indicate P presence r 0 or of ice for many years an opinion existed among seamen and others that a fall in the sea surface temperature implied lie nearness arness of ice nothing Ko thing says the nautical magazine can be more remote from the truth though shore folk still perpetuate this fiction in books and newspapers A sudden den fall in sea surface temperature is likely near the agulhas Agul has the japanese current the guu hafle running the down in in the south indian n ocean in the south atlantic about 40 degrees south 40 degrees west and elsewhere and this whether icebergs be near or hundreds hundred 14 of miles away capt S T S 1 lecky eky R y W it to whom the nautical profession is indebted for his WrIn liles in practical navigation was probably the first to draw the attention of his brethren to this fact in the ninth edition of his 16 book he points out that allied to fog I 1 og is th the question ot of danger from ice it is a popular delusion among passengers on board ship that by taking the temperature of the water at aboa short i intervals n ter vals the approach h to ice is unfailing unfailingly fr indicated unfortunately such is b by y no means the fact and it is time the idea was exploded more than ordinarily cold water merely shows that the ship ship I 1 is is in a part of the ocean where ice may mar tos ros possibly sibly bo be encountered end not that t is s a 1 F freschi pre seni SY sh i mentors of bilte r freely confess with capt capt evans evan s of 0 the tainui that they have never found sea cempe temperature fall lower when near ice than when several miles away from the he danger anger |