ICEBERGS HAVE THEIR USE.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2663, 9 June 1908, Page 7

ICEBERGS HAVE THEIR USE.

THEY BLTLD FISHING BANKS AND COOL SUMMERS.

When an iceberg is launched upon its long journey, its bottom parts are barnacled with sand, bouldnra and other detrius gathered . from the land surface over which it has made its tedious march to the sea- This burden is gradually cast oil a-s it melts while drifting down along our Continental seaboard. As a result of the deposits thus made through countless centuries, combined with the products of erosion carried seaward bv the rivers, the sea bed for many miles off-shore has been •rradually tilled up. creating those vast submerged plateaus, known as "banks," which extend from Labrador to the Hay of Fundy, and form the breeding-grounds of innumerable shoals of cod, herring, and other valuable food fishes.

In this way the l.ergs have |»erformed an economic service of incalculable value, laying the foundation for one of the world's most important productive industries, and affording a means of livelihood to those hardy bands of "captains courageous" who each year reap the harAests of the sea.

The bergs serve a further economic purpose in that to their tempering influence are largely due the climatic condit ions prevailing over a great part of the interior of North America.—"The World To-day."