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... , so that the passen- gers may witness the " calving " of icebergs , and may climb upon the sides of the icy stream and look into its deep crevasses and out upon its corrugated and broken surface 24 MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD .
... , so that the passen- gers may witness the " calving " of icebergs , and may climb upon the sides of the icy stream and look into its deep crevasses and out upon its corrugated and broken surface 24 MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD .
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George Frederick Wright. deep crevasses and out upon its corrugated and broken surface . The first persons who found it in their way to pay more than a tourist's visit to this interesting object were M. Crillon Muir Inlet GLACIER GLACIER ...
George Frederick Wright. deep crevasses and out upon its corrugated and broken surface . The first persons who found it in their way to pay more than a tourist's visit to this interesting object were M. Crillon Muir Inlet GLACIER GLACIER ...
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... surface of the ice , like islands in the sea , corresponding to what are called " nunataks ” in Greenland . The force of the ice against the upper side of these rocky prominences is such as to push it in great masses above the ...
... surface of the ice , like islands in the sea , corresponding to what are called " nunataks ” in Greenland . The force of the ice against the upper side of these rocky prominences is such as to push it in great masses above the ...
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... surface . But at occasional in- tervals , as the superincumbent masses of ice above the surface fall off and relieve the strata below of their weight , these submerged masses suddenly rise , often shooting up considerably higher than ...
... surface . But at occasional in- tervals , as the superincumbent masses of ice above the surface fall off and relieve the strata below of their weight , these submerged masses suddenly rise , often shooting up considerably higher than ...
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... surface of moraines , which were prob- ably still in motion with the underlying ice . Greenland . - The continental proportions of Green- land , and the extent to which its area is covered by glacial ice , make it by far the most ...
... surface of moraines , which were prob- ably still in motion with the underlying ice . Greenland . - The continental proportions of Green- land , and the extent to which its area is covered by glacial ice , make it by far the most ...
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