Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina 39
... islands north of the American continent , though some are of a fair size and rise to a considerable elevation , nowhere exhibit an accumulation of ice in any way comparable with that of Greenland . The same is true of the northern part ...
... islands north of the American continent , though some are of a fair size and rise to a considerable elevation , nowhere exhibit an accumulation of ice in any way comparable with that of Greenland . The same is true of the northern part ...
Pagina 40
... islands of the Arctic Ocean - not only those of smaller size on the Greenland coast , but also those , both small ... island will be merely snowcapped ; its shores in summer time may be un- covered and support a scanty vegetation ; but ...
... islands of the Arctic Ocean - not only those of smaller size on the Greenland coast , but also those , both small ... island will be merely snowcapped ; its shores in summer time may be un- covered and support a scanty vegetation ; but ...
Pagina 41
... ISLAND Cape Bismarck Josef Fiord Payer Peak M Jakobsha Davis Hudson's Strait NORDENSKIOLD , 1883 Scoresby Sd . istianshaab N Cape Lowenhorn Strait Gotthaab Frederikshaab Cape Furewell pared with the great masses which descend to the sea ...
... ISLAND Cape Bismarck Josef Fiord Payer Peak M Jakobsha Davis Hudson's Strait NORDENSKIOLD , 1883 Scoresby Sd . istianshaab N Cape Lowenhorn Strait Gotthaab Frederikshaab Cape Furewell pared with the great masses which descend to the sea ...
Pagina 42
... islands ; 2 it is a region of 1 The total glacier surface ( ice and snow ) of the Alps is estimated at from 1158 to 1544 square miles . That of the Justedal in Norway is alone about 347 square miles , being larger than any single region ...
... islands ; 2 it is a region of 1 The total glacier surface ( ice and snow ) of the Alps is estimated at from 1158 to 1544 square miles . That of the Justedal in Norway is alone about 347 square miles , being larger than any single region ...
Pagina 43
... 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 feet ; for a considerable distance inland the continuity of the ice is often ...
... 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 feet ; for a considerable distance inland the continuity of the ice is often ...
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