. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. \k7'} A lli:.\VV KALI- Ol' SNOW, l;;i IVozi'ii ill tliiit I Iiiivi' ii(» ()|)tioii Icl'l inc. lioctor Moss t^liot :i li'H' liJirc hisl >iiii(l;iv: lliis is the on th ilv IL'II of jL'iiim' Ix'loii^niiL'' lo llir iM'i<jii!)()iirli()<)(l wliidi li:is Ix't'ii seen ; indeed, llie iindni;iliii_!i hills slrelr|iiii<4 ;i\\:iy lor ji dozen iniU's ;ire, ;i|)|)iireiill\, |)erjeclly
. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. \k7'} A lli:.\VV KALI- Ol' SNOW, l;;i IVozi'ii ill tliiit I Iiiivi' ii(» ()|)tioii Icl'l inc. lioctor Moss t^liot :i li'H' liJirc hisl >iiii(l;iv: lliis is the on th ilv IL'II of jL'iiim' Ix'loii^niiL'' lo llir iM'i<jii!)()iirli()<)(l wliidi li:is Ix't'ii seen ; indeed, llie iindni;iliii_!i hills slrelr|iiii<4 ;i\\:iy lor ji dozen iniU's ;ire, ;i|)|)iireiill\, |)erjeclly Imre oi" iinytliiii^' likely lo iilliiicl Lrnine lo \isii us; ;i lew liollows ;ire ve^'eliiled, l)nt very spaiiii^dy so.' Il was vexiiiLj to observe, iis we procet'ded noriliuard through Smith Sound and Ivoheson fiiaiinel, lla: the number of seal mot witii grachially decreased We liail (lej)eiide(l upon a su])|)ly <»!' these animal for the -uii- port of our dogs, and now th ir total abseiiee led iiiu reluctantly to the conclusion that wt' could not ])ossibly |)rovi(le for all of these useful auxiliaries duiiiig the winter. Nothing having the appearance of meat came amiss to them, but they stedfastly refused to eat the dog biscuit of which we had a small (juaiitity. For three days previous to llie 8th we exjx'ricnccd a heavy fall of snow. On the 2nd wt' had noticed how snow falling on the salt water quickened the formation of young ice. ]5ut after the ice was once fonneil it was noticeable how the snow tends for a time to retard Its increase ni thick ness. When the young ice, three to four inches thick, became unable to sup|)ort the accumulated wi-ight of snow two feet in depth, it was borne down until the water j)ercolating ii|)wards had risen three inches above its level. The snperficial covering of snow then afTorded such excellent ])rotection that although the temperature of tl le uu' was 15°, the water remained unfrozen, its temperature behig 29°. Fhiding that t
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