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Show "XlfoUT ICEBK1.GS." wiitsnBTiiEv AnurouND.Tiicin GIZ8 AND 3HACB. A Blht r lltln M...M ,,f Ir. 1. an lntrrillni: InKn or Utmin Tral l This Tim. ot u. Inr-ltotm t.uu.l., .Iju. n The adt of tha Iceberg reason of 1 1900 wat recently mukul by the sight Inn of a bute mm ot lee floitlnc aouthward by tha ttramihlp Columbian, Colum-bian, while rf tha coiK of Newfoundland. At thla tlmo cf tha year one of th Inlereatlnx feature ot ocean travel la the frequent view afforded ot Icebergs crossing the lanea taken by the ocean llnera pl)lng between America and liuropo The Icebergs seen In tiro North Atlantic At-lantic ocean hae a ilcflnltr limit ot trnol Ther nrn formed In the arctic regions ot hraty Inland sbiclal Ice, fthleh, mining to the soa. Is broken o3 In enormous masses by Its own eight nnil the action ot tho water There maaaea float away and are caught In nrctlc currents and carried Into Mel-llle Mel-llle Sound, where tho cm rent describe de-scribe a clnlo and carries them to tho south along the roaats ot tabrador and (Ireenland Such bergs as arc not ttninded on tho rrxky shoroi drift Mtt Hello Islo and Newfoundland across tho paths ol tho tranaatlantc ateamora. until they roach tho higher tcuperaturo ot the Oulf stream. In which thoy gradnally raeit and disappear. disap-pear. Their most southerly limit Is Cape Ilnttcras, and their eastern limit paaeea close to the Azores. Their flo'd Is then boumlrU liy a lino 'lint runs north lo Southern flreenhnd. with n aweep again to 'tha oast along tho shored of Iceland, thenco north Into the Arctic ocean and cast to Nora Zcmbla It It n matter of surprise to pcraoni who become acquainted with Iceberni for tho first tlmo to learn that they ore frozen fresh water, and nro not anlt They are farmed ot fresh water, frozen many centuries ngo, during whlcli they lnvo been slowly traveling to the sea. The iUngcrrtiialgall'i by l:cbera Is very great, and many n goal ahlp loet myiterlnualy at Jt.1 has fiunder-cd fiunder-cd from collision with ono of them drilling acroas iia path T the night nr In n dense fog. In 1SDI tho atmmshlp fllranda, carrying a party of scientists to Greenland, enmo Int'i collision with an lecbrig In rhn ttrnlta of Hello Islo. rtlmoat foundered, and was compelled to run to HL John's, Nowfounillind.for repairs. In crossing DivlaBtralt tho Mlrandi ngiln encountered numberless Icebergs ot all alu-s and of tho grentekt variety of fantastic shapes. Balling toward ono ot llicco. at spirited discussion aroto on board as to Its sirs, tha rati-.mote rati-.mote raado-puttlnsilUnll -tho-way from 209 to 1,000 feet In height. It was measured by tho toxtant nnd was found to be SCSteet high, and to cover I an area of five acres Thus It was I threo and one Imlf times as high as tho steeple of Trinity church, In New York, or near!) twlco as high as tho Washington monument I The specific gravity at Ice Is such that tho proportion ot It when floating float-ing Is una put abovo tho water Una to eight parts below Thla would make tho entire helcht of tho Iceberg measured meas-ured by tho Miranda 7,300 feet, or more than ono ami a quarter nlloa Tho berg had an arcA of flo acres, which, put Into n square gltos n quadrangle quad-rangle measuring 116 feet on each I sldo. The number of cubic fret In tha I mass may be arrived at ray multlpty-Ing multlpty-Ing CIS feat length, by "CIS feet depth, 1 y 7,100 toct height. Tills results In 1 tho enormous sum ot 1,505.020,000 cu-I cu-I blc feet A cubla foot ot Ico weight about sixty pounds henco this Ico-I Ico-I berg, weighed nip'ixllnuttly 1H,&77,-1 1H,&77,-1 200,000 pounds, or b7,2SS,G0O tons 1 Tlio great depth to which Icebergs sink In tltu sea prevents closer approach ap-proach to shoro than flro to ten miles. Tho tcnipcraturo of northern waters abovo latitude US degrees la below 48 detract ra.ttcnh'lt nnd tie nlr li only from one to i x degrees higher Therefore tho ke ji rii It v -ry slowly slow-ly until they drift to the cilfo ot tho Unit Strum. ' I Been it a-i tho ! i tin t -.nd dlman- tlons of Icebergs aro vry d""ptlva One seen off tho coast of Labrador by the parly on tie M r-mla lo kd from n distance Ilka low tihlcland only a few fast above the surface of tha water. wat-er. Tha scientist! lowed eight mll-ii to make n rloser In-pactlon ot It, nnd then discovered that Its walls ware nrty feet high nnd that the btrg wav two and n halt mllaa long. New Yorlt Herald |