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probably reveal some law or order in these
fluctuations, and such law collated to other laws
in obedience to the rules of Baconian philosophy
may reveal many interesting truths that are
perfectly unattainable by the most elaborate and
costly polar expeditions that are only organized
spasmodically at irregular, long, and accidental
intervals.
There are many minor but highly interesting
observations that might be made in the course of
such excursions without any pretentious scientific
paraphernalia.
A small set of ordinary meteorological
instruments, a Casella’s deep-sea thermometer, and a
few well-used pairs of intelligently directed eyes,
might record a great deal of valuable information
respecting the conditions of the atmosphere, the
temperature of the sea, the migrations of birds
and fishes, in these high latitudes, that would be
of the highest value when checked as they would
be by the frequent repetition of different
observers. Soundings to pick up specimens of the
sea bottom at that portion which is alternately
covered and free from the southward extension of
the Arctic ice-wall would be especially interesting
in reference to the origin of the “till,” as will
presently be understood.
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