ice chisel

A socket chisel with a long han dle, used in cutting holes in ice, either in Arctic explorations or as a starting-point for the saw in gathering in for use. Capt. Sir John Ro saw several of them together in Baffin's Bay aground in water 1,500 feet deep. One seen off the Cape of Good Hope was two miles in circumference and a hundred and fifty feet high. Others were from 250 to 300 feet above the sea. For every cubic foot above there must be at least eight ice-claw, s. A rope and pair of claws for grapbelow. The rotation of the earth makes the ice- pling blocks of ice. IMG:content-1432.png:[blocks in formation]