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Show SEE ICEBERGS BOfiHl Cornell University Professor En joys Rare Privilege. j Eastern Scientist Deplete Color Scant at Shooting Off of Parte of Cla-ciere Cla-ciere During Hie Exploration of Yakut! Bay. Washington - Prof Itnlph 8. Turr ol l or in 11 university haa enjoyed a prlvl lege rarely conlerred on man. He liai I n present at the birth of Icebergs He has watched the Hinders discharge them. Th In remaknhle experience waa accorded ac-corded hltn during hla exploration ul Vakutiit buy forelnnd. the largest gla clcr on the American mainland, under l akeii In HuiG In the lnter.it of the l ulled Slates geological survey The glnetcra that reach the ahore discharge Icebergs of vurloua rulora. he saya white bergs from Ihe Ice wnlla above the sen; blue, often a beautiful Antwerp blue, from below the water, and black from the base ol the glacier. In Hie warm summer all Ihe blue berga quickly whiten, aome tlmea In less than "I bntira. A typical discharge of Icebergs la described by the professor aa followa: "First, small piece fell from the face; then a pinnacle at the Ice front rose (0 to IIH) feet, reaching well nbove Ihe aurfnre of the glacier; It Hu n turned slowly over Into the fiord, sending a lurge foiinlaln of water to a height of 7fi or ItiO feet "Immediately another Ice nmss. rleaf and blue, arose from beneath the wa-tera wa-tera aurface, throwing It Into re hewed and still grenter commotion, which lusted fully Ave mlniitea aa the berg rocked to und fro. "A great series of ring waves spread out for nearly ten minutes, causing a heavy surf on the roast to a distance of at lenst one and one half mllea from the glacier. "Prior to thla full there waa almost no flouting ice In front of the glacier Five minutes after Ihe dlschnige ol the Iceberg I here w us a ring or very muddy wuter In which flouted several thousand le tiergs id aiunll sire and six good sited ones, nil clean nnd free from dirt. "The ring of the Icebergs kept spreading until It renched boih shores, advancing hnlf a mile In enrh direction direc-tion In about !0 mlniilea. The largest bergs, one id which waa more than inn feet long, rose nt least 30 reel nbove the water." Yukulnt bay Ilea nt the base of tha HI. Kilns range, about 30 mllea south east of Mount Ht. Kline, where the In ternnHomil boundary atrlkea due north. It la the only harbor on the SIX) mile stretch of comparatively I stnilgJit coiisillne j'ir;'Jjy,jrluJtv uuy. Along tho coast tha Falrweather nnd Ht. Kllaa moiinlalne rise abruptly to grent altitudes. At their feet, hindering hin-dering the aen, la a low hind fringe or rorehind of gliifhil ilehrls. Prof. Tnrr anya Hint th present gla rlers are meru remnants of former Ice floods which extended tiktho mouth of the Ynkuliit buy. Many or them are still netlvely moving and some do scend to the shore. These continue to discharge Icebergs at Irregular In tervuls. |
