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WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING 



the chimney, and renders more of the blubber ; and so the 

 operation proceeds. Of course some coal is used at first to 

 warm the blubber-melter, but thereafter it seems to burn well, 

 and certainly gives off very little smell. 



During the past few days the " iceberg watch " has been 

 kept very busy. All shapes and sizes of bergs have we 

 passed, giving rise to many arguments as to their mode and 

 place of origin. 



One of the most interesting bergs was about a mile long, 



Icebergs seen December 8, 9, 10, 191 1, latitude 22 5'. A. Showing vertical 

 points ; B. Probably overturned tabular ; C. Tilted tabular with fine 

 caves ; D. Faulted tabular berg. 



and had originally been tabular. All along the face were 

 enormous vertical cracks ("joints") broadening into sea-caves 

 below. These had split the berg into columns and it was 

 wonderful how it held together. Probably the portion under 

 water had not been eroded by the waves, and still remained 

 fairly solid. At each end was an isolated pillar a hundred feet 

 away from the main mass, and one was over a hundred feet 

 high. It exactly resembled the classic geological example of 

 coast weathering "The Old Man of Hoy," a detached piece 



