The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 182
remained for hours on deckwatching it. I think the height of icebergs is usually over-stated. When an object towers above you, it isapt to seem much higher than it really is. Atfirst sight I thought some of the bergs we passedwere four or five hundred feet high, but I doubtif the highest was over… … X—12 377 378 TALES OF TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION FOR LITTLE FOLK you may strike upon its submerged portion asupon a rock. The captain of a Newfoundlandsteamer—he was an old Arctic navigator, too—once ran near a berg to please some passengers.The wash from the steamer disturbed the bergsequilibrium and…
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