A GREEN SUNSET.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14836, 29 November 1913, Page 11

A GREEN SUNSET.

A telegram from St. Michael, Alaska, says:—"Commander Slilitsky, who is in command of the Russian Government steamers Taimyr and Waygatch, which have been engaged in exploration to the north of Siberia for three years, and who claims to have discovered a body of land as large as Greenland extending beyond latitude 81 N. and longitude 102 E., says he succeeded to tho command of the expedition after General Serpieff had been stricken. with apoplexy in the Behring Sea. The ships have brought back a remarkable collection of Polar and marine animal life, and of marine plants found in the new land which are microscopical, and large geological collections. Nicholas 11. Land, as the new territory has been named, was discovered on August 21st and taken possession of on August 22nd (Russian calendar). Tho ships witnessed a splendid spectacle said to be a rare Arctic phenomenon—namely, a green sun, lasting for ninety seconds each evening, at sunset from July 30th to September 14th. This was sketched in colours by Chief-Engineer Polsen." The story reminds one forcibly of Jules Verne's book, "The Green Ray," where a similar Bubject is dealt with.