Word: seneca
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Hydrographic Work on the Seneca," illustrated by an unusual series of pictures, was described by B. M. Patten 3G., in a lecture before the Zoological Club yesterday afternoon...
...Patten sailed late in March on the "Seneca," whose duty is to patrol the southern limits of the ice fields and to warn steamers of any danger. A few days after sailing the first of the icebergs was met. These icebergs are over a year old, coming down from Greenland a year ago, and, although growing smaller in the warmer water, many of them will be carried back to the north and will regain their size. The "Seneca" also encountered miles of "slop" ice-fields, the largest being nine miles square...
...most interesting part of the lecture was that which dealt with the rescue of the four survivors of the "Columbian'. It was only by the merest chance that the little boat was sighted, for if two hours had not been lost in making soundings and other investigations, the "Seneca" would have been far out of its path and would have passed it in the night. The boat, distinguished by a coat fastened to a pole, was sighted three miles off. The men, when found, had only a handful of crumbs left as their rations, but after a short time...
...Lecture on "Hydrographic Work on the Seneca" by B. M. Patten 3G.; in Room 46, Zoological Laboratory...
...work, the government is sending a zoologist and a physicist. Mr. Patten is the only zoologist to make the trip. Since Mr. Patten has not yet received the apparatus necessary for this work, he has been forced to delay his departure for a few days. He will meet the "Seneca," which has already started, when it comes in to Halifax to coal. Mr. Patten will carry on his investigations when the "Seneca" is not actively engaged in its patrol work. He will study "ocean-ography," in every form, testing the temperature and salinity of the ocean at its various depths...