An Alarming Position.
A few weeks ago a passenger steamer, named the Portland, left the shores of Alaska, which is on the borders of the Behring Sea on a trip South. The winter climate is terribly severe, and it has been reported that the unfortunate vessel has got caught in the pack ice making her a prisoner in its grasp, and to travel the direction the pack moves. The map shows that a peculiar circular current is in existence in the North Pacific Ocean, which runs from Japan up the coast northwards, part direct to the Behring Sea and thence towards the Artie regions, whilst part turn eastwards and flows towards the
West coast of America thence round and away across to the Philippines and round again to Japan. When the current nears the Behring Sea it twists, on both sides of the Sea towards the North. A vessel caught in the ice pack would thus be steadily drifting to the north, powerless to help herself, thus the position of the passengers can be imagined. A vessel, the Thetis was sent to her assistance but has returned for coal, having discovered no trace of her.
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Manawatu Herald, 10 July 1902, Page 2
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195An Alarming Position. Manawatu Herald, 10 July 1902, Page 2
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