The winter of 1911-1912 had been a mild one. higher-than-usual temperatures in the North Atlantic had caused more icebergs to drift off the west coast of Greenland than at any point in the previous decade years.

The winter of 1911-1912 had been a mild one. higher-than-usual temperatures in the North Atlantic had caused more icebergs to drift off the west coast of Greenland than at any point in the previous decade years.