ARCTIC INVESTIGATION
It is known that M. Nordenskjold contemplates eoing to Greenland this summer (he will start in August). Among other things, he will seek to testa theory of his, contrary to the common view, as to the interior of that country. He considers that the winds blowing there must be comparatively dry and warm, and that they cannot bring into the interior enough snow to feed a permanent glacier. In his opinion vast regions covered with perpetual snow are a physical impossibility in the present circumstances of our globe south of the 80th degree of north latitude Another investigation to be pursued is that as to the cosmic substances which falling stars bring to our globe. The author's former observations, in which he melted snow and examined the residue chemically, were notdecisive. The reaid ue consisted chiefly of felspar and other terrestial substances, without traces of metallic iron or nickel. Ho will resume the inquiry with special apparatus oa his new voyage, which will bo his tenth to Arctic regions.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1126, 26 July 1883, Page 3
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171ARCTIC INVESTIGATION Temuka Leader, Issue 1126, 26 July 1883, Page 3
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