Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina 39
... do in the same parallel on the opposite or Greenland coast of Hall Basin . " - Captain Feilden , Quart . Jour . Geol . Soc . , xxxiv . p . 567 . included within the annual isotherm of 32 ° F. , ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ICE - SHEETS 39.
... do in the same parallel on the opposite or Greenland coast of Hall Basin . " - Captain Feilden , Quart . Jour . Geol . Soc . , xxxiv . p . 567 . included within the annual isotherm of 32 ° F. , ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ICE - SHEETS 39.
Pagina 40
... coast , but also those , both small and large , to the north of the American continent ; yet in none is an ice - sheet found ; this seems to require a land mass of almost continental dimensions . The more boldly the district is ...
... coast , but also those , both small and large , to the north of the American continent ; yet in none is an ice - sheet found ; this seems to require a land mass of almost continental dimensions . The more boldly the district is ...
Pagina 42
... coast which is south of latitude 71 ° . In geographical position it corresponds roughly with the portion of Scandinavia which lies between the North Cape and Bergen . The comparison , however , may be pressed further . Such as Greenland ...
... coast which is south of latitude 71 ° . In geographical position it corresponds roughly with the portion of Scandinavia which lies between the North Cape and Bergen . The comparison , however , may be pressed further . Such as Greenland ...
Pagina 43
... coast , their cliffs often over- shade the quiet recesses of the fjords ; even the very islands are hilly . The same appears to be true of Greenland . The land rises rapidly from the water's edge to a height of from two to four thousand ...
... coast , their cliffs often over- shade the quiet recesses of the fjords ; even the very islands are hilly . The same appears to be true of Greenland . The land rises rapidly from the water's edge to a height of from two to four thousand ...
Pagina 44
... coast , and probably cannot be detected beyond about a hundred miles from it . Here the " Nunataks " begin to emerge from the ice and to rise above its surface like islands from a sea . On approaching these from the interior , the ...
... coast , and probably cannot be detected beyond about a hundred miles from it . Here the " Nunataks " begin to emerge from the ice and to rise above its surface like islands from a sea . On approaching these from the interior , the ...
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