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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

Among the Ice

Among the Ice.

After recording more rough weather the diarist of 1865 goes on to record: "On July 27 we were moving along splendidly at from nine to ten knots, and passed close to a large iceberg, which was a grand object. The enormous mass of ice had about six pinnacles, all glittering in the sun. The sea was breakingpage 144 over parts of the berg, and it looked like an island with six mountains on it."

Mr. Pond records that owing to the presence of ice the watch was doubled. Sailing through ice-infested seas is very trying both for passengers and officers, but particularly the latter. In navigating seas where ice is expected it would, of course, be madness to rely on the look-out alone. What is frequently done is to take the temperature of the sea water every half-hour, and if a marked drop in the reading should occur it is generally a very good warning of the proximity of ice.