Icebergs
1
Icebergs are among nature’s most spectacular(壮观的) creations, and yet most
people have never seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into
being—somewhere—in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing
turbulence, which in most case no one hears or sees. They exist only a short
time and then slowly waste away(消融) just as unnoticed.
2
Objects of sheerest(最纯粹的) beauty they have been called. Appearing in an
endless variety of shapes, they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy
blue, green or purple, tinted faintly or in darker hues. They are graceful,
stately, inspiring—in calm, sunlight seas.
3 But they are
also called frightening and dangerous, and that they are—in the night, in the
fog, and in storms. Even in clear weather one is wise to st