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The dust in the polar regions, which Hansen speaks of so many
times, and which was a source of such annoyance while drifting
in the ocean many miles from land, comes from somewhere; it does
not grow; is a commodity without life; cannot reproduce itself;
yet it is found in such great quantities that it colors the snow
black. In the sky it looks like great clouds, and falls on ships
in such abundance that it becomes a source of irritation. Hansen
declares it was one of his principal reasons for wanting to go
home.  This ought to be accounted for in some reasonable way. So
far as I have been able to learn, it is dust from a stray comet,
and, when analyzed, is found to contain carbon and iron,
supposed to come from some exploding volcano. If it came from a
passing comet, it probably started about  p. 125  the same time
as the shooting stars, which fall so frequently near the poles!
After traveling millions and millions of miles, the dust and
shootin