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Show J Ground Never Thaws I in Northern Siberia I Eternal ice, to depths of more than j luo yard-, binds the soil of northern j Siberia even in summer, according j to Profosor Schostakowiteh, of Ir-' Ir-' kusk, v, ho spoke aL Berlin recently ! before the Perlin Geographical society. so-ciety. The frozen ground covers an nrt-a of o.'iKUrM square kilometers, a I territory half as large as Europe. In 1 Jaknt.sk a Weil has been sunk to a , depth of 117 meters without finding l the bottom i f the frozen stratum. Tu ice hinders th-s sinking; of surface wa-I wa-I ter. so that vast cold bogs or tundras, I are formed on what might otherwise l be fertile soil. Ti.e only spots wlier j thawing ever p t.t irates this everlan-! everlan-! It.- i' e ure dir-.-cily beneath ste-ve-r heated hot:vs. Cases are on record v ia re the-e thawvj cokm.ns of Svil I tapp.-J Mibterraiii-aii rivers fiowicj . ui.der the ice layer. rouUii.g in Veritable Ver-itable ::rleia!i wvlis that spouted to j the ceilings and drove out the occu-. occu-. pans. Ti.is water soon froze, tnrn- i::g the whole house into a solid bltvk of ice, decorated with gigantic icicles. |