Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1882 — The Iceberg. [ARTICLE]

The Iceberg.

It may not be universally known that although the Iceberg shows such a huge bulk above the water there is a much larger portion beneath the surface. When they became detached from the main flow and drift away to the northward (in this case), the water being warmer than the atmosphere melts away the foundation until it becomes top-heavy, and it consequently capsizes, and thus it continues to do, turning over and over, submerging on one side and then to the other in the water until the immense mass is entirely dissolved. Therefore to be in the immediate vicinity of an iceberg is exceedingly dangerous, for one never knows how far they may extend under the water, neither at what moment they may capsize and swamp such unfortunate vessels as may have ventured too near.