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... nearly two - thirds of this area . Professor Heim enumer- ates 1,155 distinct glaciers in the region . Of these , 144 are in France , 78 in Italy , 471 in Switzerland , and 462 in . Austria . Desor describes fourteen principal glacial ...
... nearly two - thirds of this area . Professor Heim enumer- ates 1,155 distinct glaciers in the region . Of these , 144 are in France , 78 in Italy , 471 in Switzerland , and 462 in . Austria . Desor describes fourteen principal glacial ...
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... , described by Haas , is ten miles long and nearly two miles broad at its termination , " the lower portion for a distance of three miles being covered with morainic detritus . " The Mueller Glacier is 16 MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD .
... , described by Haas , is ten miles long and nearly two miles broad at its termination , " the lower portion for a distance of three miles being covered with morainic detritus . " The Mueller Glacier is 16 MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD .
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... Nearly all that is known about this continent was discovered by Sir J. C. Ross during the period extending from 1839 to 1843 , when , between the parallels of 70 ° and 78 ° south latitude , he encountered in his explorations a ...
... Nearly all that is known about this continent was discovered by Sir J. C. Ross during the period extending from 1839 to 1843 , when , between the parallels of 70 ° and 78 ° south latitude , he encountered in his explorations a ...
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... nearly three miles . The supply of ice not be- ing sufficient to push the front of the glacier into deep water , equilibrium between the forces of heat and cold is established near the water's edge . Here , as from year to year the ice ...
... nearly three miles . The supply of ice not be- ing sufficient to push the front of the glacier into deep water , equilibrium between the forces of heat and cold is established near the water's edge . Here , as from year to year the ice ...
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... nearly sixteen thousand feet , and St. Elias in the centre , rising to a greater height . Everywhere along this coast , as far as the Alaskan Peninsula , vast glaciers come down from the mountain - sides , and in many cases their ...
... nearly sixteen thousand feet , and St. Elias in the centre , rising to a greater height . Everywhere along this coast , as far as the Alaskan Peninsula , vast glaciers come down from the mountain - sides , and in many cases their ...
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