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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512091143).jpg 1853 <br> SUTHERLAND ARCTIC REGIONS <br> 301 <br> t-J <br> O <br> i <br> – - l <br> o <br> CO <br> too <br> 'f <br> To the southward of Melville Bay <br> there are numerous outlets for the ice <br> in the coast and they vary in breadth <br> from two or three up to fifteen or twenty <br> miles To have a correct idea of the <br> glacier accumulation in Greenland we <br> must imagine a continent of ice flanked <br> on its seaward side by a number of <br> islands and in every other direction <br> lost to vision in one continuous and <br> boundless plain Through the spaces <br> between these apparent islands the <br> enormous glacial accumulations slowly <br> seek their passage to the sea see fig <br> and send off an annual tribute of ice- <br> bergs to encumber to cool and to di- <br> lute the waters of the adjoining ocean <br> The average height or depth of the <br> ice at its free edge in these intervals <br> or valleys between the projecting points <br> of coast is 1200 or 1500 feet of which <br> about one-eighth or 150 feet will be <br> above water In some of the valleys <br> however the depth is upwards of 2400 <br> feet This may be considered to be <br> satisfactorily ascertained for the Esqui- <br> maux around South-east Bay lat 68° <br> while pursuing halibut-fishing during <br> the winter months require lines of <br> three hundred fathoms to reach the <br> bottom at the foot of the glacier near <br> Claushaven In South-east Disco <br> Bay and also in North-east Bay Ome- <br> nak Fiord we meet with the icebergs <br> that draw the greatest depth of water <br> but those of the greatest cubic con- <br> tents occur in Melville Bay and in <br> several smaller bays to the southward <br> of it At Cape York lat 7 ° although <br> the glacier there is the northward con- <br> tinuation of the glacier in Melville Bay <br> its protrusions into the sea Sketch <br> No 2 a see fig never exceed 50 to <br> 60 feet above the sea-level ; and in <br> some places it does not enter the sea <br> in a continuous mass but having de- <br> scended over the brow of the cliff it <br> breaks off and slips down into the sea <br> over the rocks scratching and scoring <br> them in a very marked manner This 34983432 108767 51125 Page 301 Text v 9 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983432 1853 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 9 1853 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34983432 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983432 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12512091143 2015-08-27 09 58 39 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1853 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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