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Show WHERE GLOOM IS ALWAYS PRESENT. Having made a voyage into the Ant-arctic Ant-arctic ocean, south of Australia, a par ty of scientists on the ship Carnegie aaaaaH iffl report there was to be found no trace 1 of the Rojal Company Islands, al- I though maps have shown the Islands aaaaaaaal ill t0 ex'sl- HJ According to tbe scientists, thai pari bHHH f Kgl 01 tDe earLrk known as the Antarctic tkfl ocean Is not an inviting place for an I tti outing. It Is a region where the forecaster fore-caster would nerver make a mistake in H predicting cloudy, unsettled weather. 1 1 "This .iib Antarctic region Is con ' j tinually storm covered," said one of the scientists. "The clouds are thick H and the days aro dark, and it is pos slble that the mariner mistook some of tho high table ice for Islands. This mistake is natural for the Icebergs closely resemble islands on account of H their surface being cast 1n gloom most of the time. The extent and area of H i '.he so-called islands was never given." In the Arctic region, there are large H :us inhabited bv man, but much H of the Antarctic ll a wildermvs where only sea life Is to bo found. It must J A give the explorer the impression of ;j having been overlooked when the fin- H 1 ishlng touches were given to this H But all its drcarines does not keep H inquisitive man from making excur- H siona Into tho depths of the gloom, H where death lurks at every turn. |