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... depth which Agassiz was able directly to measure in the Aar Glacier was two hundred and sixty metres ( five hundred and twenty - eight feet ) , but at another point the depth was estimated by him to be four hundred and sixty metres ( or ...
... depth which Agassiz was able directly to measure in the Aar Glacier was two hundred and sixty metres ( five hundred and twenty - eight feet ) , but at another point the depth was estimated by him to be four hundred and sixty metres ( or ...
Pagina 13
... largest of these presents at the front a wall of ice seven thousand feet across and three hundred feet high ; but , as the depth of the water is not great , few icebergs of large size break off and. EXISTING GLACIERS . 13.
... largest of these presents at the front a wall of ice seven thousand feet across and three hundred feet high ; but , as the depth of the water is not great , few icebergs of large size break off and. EXISTING GLACIERS . 13.
Pagina 28
... depth of the inlet is so great that the front of the ice breaks off in icebergs of large size , which float away to be dissolved at their leisure . At the water's edge the ice presents a perpendicular front of from two hundred and fifty ...
... depth of the inlet is so great that the front of the ice breaks off in icebergs of large size , which float away to be dissolved at their leisure . At the water's edge the ice presents a perpendicular front of from two hundred and fifty ...
Pagina 30
... depth of morainic material which had been swept down upon it while joined to the main glacier . In the retreat of the ice , however , these masses had become isolated , and the sand , gravel , and boulders were sliding down the wasting ...
... depth of morainic material which had been swept down upon it while joined to the main glacier . In the retreat of the ice , however , these masses had become isolated , and the sand , gravel , and boulders were sliding down the wasting ...
Pagina 37
... depth below it ; and its curved face , sixty miles in length from Cape Agassiz to Cape Forbes , vanished into unknown space at not more than a single day's railroad - travel from the pole . The interior , with which it communicated and ...
... depth below it ; and its curved face , sixty miles in length from Cape Agassiz to Cape Forbes , vanished into unknown space at not more than a single day's railroad - travel from the pole . The interior , with which it communicated and ...
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