Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1895 — Remarkable Lake On An Arctic Island. [ARTICLE]

Remarkable Lake On An Arctic Island.

One of the most interesting of the results achieved by the Russian naturalists who spent some time on the Island of Solowetzh in the North sea laboratory has been the discovery of a remarkable lake on the Island of Kildine, in the Arctic Ocean. This lake, which is completely separated from the sea by a narrow strip of land, was discovered by the Russian naturalist. M. Herbenstein, who was struck by finding in the lake a fish which is exclusively marine in habit, namely the common cod. On the surface the water is fresh,and inhabited by fresh water animals, such as daphnids, etc.; this water is brought to the Jake by streams from a neighboring marsh. Under the superficial layer of fresh water is found salt water, supporting a marine fauna — sponges, sea anemones, nemertines, polychaetes,marine molluscs (chiton aeolis, astarte), starfish and pantopods. The salt water is believed to reach the lake by an underground communication with the ocean.