Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 531
yyear for at least half a million icebergs. The bergs from Greenland are carried downtoward the middle of the Atlantic by the Labradorcurrent. They travel right down the coast ofLabrador, passing Newfoundland, until theyreach the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, whenthey disappear—melting completely… … of a large berg rise nearly 1000 feet above thewater, while the base may occupy an area of tenor twelve acres. Seen through a powerful glass,one may detect waterfalls upon these islands ofice, and all kinds of arctic birds, and perhaps afew seals. Then the colors are almost beyond description. A…
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