Doubt that Noah’s Ark remains on Mount Ararat, in Turkey, was expressed here yesterday by William Wood, a member of the expedition which attempted last summer to find the Biblical vessel which was reportedly resting somewhere on the mountain.
Mr. Wood said that conditions extant on the mountain–including the fact that the area is frequently subjected to earthquakes–make it highly improbable that the Ark has survived after all these centuries. He said that if the Ark rested on the cone of the mountain–which the expedition was unable to reach–“it would be encased in 100 feet of ice in a region where ice and snow never melt. If it were below the ice field, it would no longer be recognizable,” he added.
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