[[24]]
"Mr. Lemstrom
concluded that an electric discharge
which could only be seen by means of
the spectroscope was taking place on
the surface of the ground all around
him, and that from a distance it would
appear as a faint display of Aurora, the
phenomena of pale and flaming light which
is some times seen on the top of the
Spitzbergen Mountains."—The Arctic
Manual, page 739.
[[25]]
Kane, vol. I, page
44, says: "We passed the 'crimson cliffs'
of Sir John Ross in the forenoon of August
5th. The patches of red snow from which
they derive their name could be seen
clearly at the distance of ten miles
from the coast."
La Chambre, in an account of
Andree's balloon expedition, on page
144, says: "On the isle of
Amsterdam the snow is tinted with red for
a considerable distance, and the
savants are collecting it to examine it
microscopically. It presents, in fact,
certain peculiarities; it is thought
that it contains very small plants.
Scoresby, the famous whaler, had
already remarked this."
