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Where Snow Is Red

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
March
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Snow is sornetiines fon nel in polar and Alpine regions, where it lies unmelteil froin year to year and the animal fall is small, coloree! red by the presence of innumerable small red plants. In its native state the plant consists of brilliant red globnles on a gelatinons mass. Red snow was observed by the ancients, a passage in Aristotle referring to it, bnt it attractêd little or no attention until 1700, when Sanssure observed it in the Alps and concluded 'that it was due to the pollen of a plant. It was also noticed by the arctic expedition ander Captain Ross on Bafïin's bay shore on a range of cliffs. the red color penetrating to a depth oí 12 feet. Less

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News