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oxygen
and an evil—smelling gas, hydrogen sulphide, accumulates
in its place. Traces of hydrogen sulphide present in city air are
sufcient to darken lead—based paints and in the quantities found in
;
this stagnant water i‘t soon attacks the paintwork of; Ships. Sailors
'
call this water—the ‘Callao painter". The intrusion of El Niño as
-
might… be expected also < brings climatic changes. The rainfall in
March may
times that of a normal year, causing
oods and serious erosiOn£ of the land, ga further example» of the
relationship*between currents and climate. :
€ :
,
,
‘
.
.For—tunaŒly, thefailureof the Peruvian up—welling does not occur
every year, but some currents do present continuous hazardsof , one
kindorandther. Typical of these are
Labradorand East Green—
;«
land Currents. Known as the ice currents, they sweep down from
_
the Arctic bringing with them pack—ice and icebergs. It was an
iceberg'sweptfro1 the north by the Labrador Current
on
April II, 1912, led to the loss of the Titanic and the death of 1,513
people. Nor is:this the-only menace, for
cold
the
,
Labrador Current meet the warm:watersof the Gulf Stream just
south—east of Newfoundland, dense fogs ;arecreated. .Evenrwith the
presenœ of the twin fhazards of fog and icebergs, it required the
sinking of the Titanic to shock the
into organizing
proper…surveillance of this area. .:As aædirect result of the disaster,
the International Ice Patrol, based on Argentia
was formed to watch out for, and report on,
_
well as to keep the shipping slanes free of eotherobstades: which
might prove hazardou's in fogL -…Thezice generally becomesa$erious
menacein March, when the
from
the grip of winter: The danger .Iäl‘Clÿ p'ersists beyond June
Towards
”The InternationalIŒ.Patrol operates its“*oWn.survey,vesSels:àhd
aircraft as well
receiving «:reor‘ts from otherÎ ship‘s
danger—
“
ous ice. At-regular inter“ValS, surveys
…the'ice andiits. expected
m0vements are given out Over the'ïïradio. Sincé—icebergs îare*alWalÿs
on the
have beenglmownto ;traVel thii=ty to ;fo'rty miles
per: day—their distribution .chmges ;coritinuallyL The
of
curreiits thefnSelves adds a “further complication. In the
previous Section, , they were
a“s distinct masses cof, water,
which is large.lytrue but, 1w1tlrno“-_r_n‘oæthan' otherwaærfôt honnê—
.
,
daries,
is hardly
.nUmerous‘eddies
5 break away
.
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oxygen
and an evil—smelling gas, hydrogen sulphide, accumulates
in its place. Traces of hydrogen sulphide present in city air are
sufcient to darken lead—based paints and in the quantities found in
;
this stagnant water i‘t soon attacks the paintwork of; Ships. Sailors
'
call this water—the ‘Callao painter". The intrusion of El Niño as
-
might… be expected also < brings climatic changes. The rainfall in
March may
times that of a normal year, causing
oods and serious erosiOn£ of the land, ga further example» of the
relationship*between currents and climate. :
€ :
,
,
‘
.
.For—tunaŒly, thefailureof the Peruvian up—welling does not occur
every year, but some currents do present continuous hazardsof , one
kindorandther. Typical of these are
Labradorand East Green—
;«
land Currents. Known as the ice currents, they sweep down from
_
the Arctic bringing with them pack—ice and icebergs. It was an
iceberg'sweptfro1 the north by the Labrador Current
on
April II, 1912, led to the loss of the Titanic and the death of 1,513
people. Nor is:this the-only menace, for
cold
the
,
Labrador Current meet the warm:watersof the Gulf Stream just
south—east of Newfoundland, dense fogs ;arecreated. .Evenrwith the
presenœ of the twin fhazards of fog and icebergs, it required the
sinking of the Titanic to shock the
into organizing
proper…surveillance of this area. .:As aædirect result of the disaster,
the International Ice Patrol, based on Argentia
was formed to watch out for, and report on,
_
well as to keep the shipping slanes free of eotherobstades: which
might prove hazardou's in fogL -…Thezice generally becomesa$erious
menacein March, when the
from
the grip of winter: The danger .Iäl‘Clÿ p'ersists beyond June
Towards
”The InternationalIŒ.Patrol operates its“*oWn.survey,vesSels:àhd
aircraft as well
receiving «:reor‘ts from otherÎ ship‘s
danger—
“
ous ice. At-regular inter“ValS, surveys
…the'ice andiits. expected
m0vements are given out Over the'ïïradio. Sincé—icebergs îare*alWalÿs
on the
have beenglmownto ;traVel thii=ty to ;fo'rty miles
per: day—their distribution .chmges ;coritinuallyL The
of
curreiits thefnSelves adds a “further complication. In the
previous Section, , they were
a“s distinct masses cof, water,
which is large.lytrue but, 1w1tlrno“-_r_n‘oæthan' otherwaærfôt honnê—
.
,
daries,
is hardly
.nUmerous‘eddies
5 break away
.