Show r I I SOW HOW ALASKA RIVERS FREEZE FREEZ J n 11 11 r ut of freeze from the tho bottom Oil Olle may bo be gliding 01 on ona 1 a In Inks Inko with n a HU putt l ead III fn a nt at here Is III not a 11 of c high U up J on the sides J I of the ufe silvery 18 i 1 pebble had Ii In then r and un There 1 n a sound and lIt It cyan 1 a to the placid but pull the tho tome Presently n bead beull about In the tho center ot of urn uno of oC tho then n a larger ono unu that 1111 larger Irger Tho e beads mire lire tiny cume up III j thell bm halt tut 1111 hoot the tho c III covered they grow II na 1111 large ua 1111 u 11 butter bran beAll aul nearly the HIme but crystal clear lit III all an hour they lire UN large nN n anti elicit one leas hU little of at sand Husking to 10 It Hume hINe 1110 laro ot of gravel pealed up Ul Inside flee old aid wilt will row for tor the hu t P 01 ho III Il rew the One surface will bu be n a of tee Ice front Crom which It will be Im Impossible Io possible to 10 extricate 1 n and equallY to leave It H lIy morning thu cold collI AIr ot of the upper lorl l will havo hao till 1111 this together U It ono will the tho to peep lato Inlo rivulet lit ut this thiN lime timo ot of ye ho he Inny Inay Nee Heo nature In her hel it 11 Loch ach tiny gran ot of ranel s I first lIen goon n 11 coat of at ce cc grain ot of paid Is In Ural glen given n a coat ot of otIce lee Ice The Tho coat cant grows thicker on the upper 14 Finally It etH No HO tickle that the tho buoy line ut ot the Ice Ic c etc n the weight ut 01 the gravid the nuts ma H leaves the bott bot torn tarn t I ea Il t a m n n ot t water the tho ie Iho e 1 little the gravel RInel and It lObs hobs morrl ly IY on mm the The fiat ot of Its bo be boIn beIng In Ing anchored 1 to the tho gravel ut lit thu tho but bOI torn h as given I t l the t name ot of Ice anal the In III the tho lee Alter II a week or two of good hard freezing there thero II s nearly n a chi ehl nook wind that conies comes up troll from the south for tor the last visit mind the tho Ice Is III broken up Into huge cakes Thelo Theco drift before the tho or with the cur current current rent and when thy they are uro stopped by Bono natural barrier they pile up on each elleh other othor litany feet teet high making th ice Ico Jams that thaI arc ao 80 hard for tur or log to get over In traveling tru nUnS Then cornea the tha real when limn surface of tho Iho lake and river k III sealed olldA A AH the told lOld more the tho water III bt the depths give off orr 1 a vapor or and this being warmer than the tho Ice Ico it II here and there forming air hole the rivers Woo betide the unwary who happens to strike one ot of theo air holes just be tore fore It opens for tor In each of them Is hI written tho Internal legend l avo behind who enters hel e Ono One look out upon upun the tho frozen ot of it II lake or river anti see Hee many of these thello oar hole only 11 by tho volume ot of vapor nor ruing like Inke the smoke of huge ores upon upun n a When the weather some Bome of these thelle seem Beem tl to be and a 11 thin coat cOllI ot of leo ice forme over them Then Theil they arc more than ever evor because e the tho channel Is III ju Just l beneath neatly to take a 11 victim Instantly Into the tho Ice Alter After n a month or two tto ot of freezing weather the Ice grows very thick The Tho sorters beneath tried up at their shrink Into pieces nod the tho greater maas of Ice Ico bong rucks open In Its ito with thun noises lIke volleys of artillery Tien the thc lIter eater beneath hart pressed for tor an easy channel rUnS rues Into std litO niong these thelle crack the Iho freezes up and there thero is IH an river so 10 to speak More cracks crack open and moo ot of these rivers rlue torn torm until the great greut muss ot of Ice con COli thins n network ot of end emit St Louis Loub Republic |