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... ice - sheet envelops Greenland and the Antarctic Con- tinent , are statements which can be verified by any one who will take the trouble to visit those regions . That , at a comparatively recent date , these glaciers extended far beyond ...
... ice - sheet envelops Greenland and the Antarctic Con- tinent , are statements which can be verified by any one who will take the trouble to visit those regions . That , at a comparatively recent date , these glaciers extended far beyond ...
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... ice , between one hundred and fifty and two hundred feet above the level of ... ice is attached , must be left for future navigators to determine . If ... sheet given in Ross's work it is described as " part of the South Polar ...
... ice , between one hundred and fifty and two hundred feet above the level of ... ice is attached , must be left for future navigators to determine . If ... sheet given in Ross's work it is described as " part of the South Polar ...
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... ice at an elevation of thousands of feet above the sea . One of considerable size is indicated upon the map just ... sheet of moving ice , pressing outward on every side towards the open water of the surrounding seas . For a long ...
... ice at an elevation of thousands of feet above the sea . One of considerable size is indicated upon the map just ... sheet of moving ice , pressing outward on every side towards the open water of the surrounding seas . For a long ...
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... ice were also encountered . " On bending down the ear to the ice , " says this ex- plorer , " we could hear on every ... sheet . Up to about latitude 75 ° , however , the continent is fringed by a border of islands , over which * Geological ...
... ice were also encountered . " On bending down the ear to the ice , " says this ex- plorer , " we could hear on every ... sheet . Up to about latitude 75 ° , however , the continent is fringed by a border of islands , over which * Geological ...
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George Frederick Wright. there is no continuous covering of ice . In south Green- land the continuous ice - sheet is reached about thirty miles back from the shore . A summary of the results of Greenland exploration was given by Dr. Rink ...
George Frederick Wright. there is no continuous covering of ice . In south Green- land the continuous ice - sheet is reached about thirty miles back from the shore . A summary of the results of Greenland exploration was given by Dr. Rink ...
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