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INLAND-ICE OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 



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Petermann Fjord by Peary (Fig. 25, p. 89) and the Umanak fjord 

 by von Drygalski-*' (see Fig. 22). The manner in which the ice 

 sometimes descends from the higher levels over the steep walls of 

 the fjords has been strikingly brought out in a photograph of the 

 Foetal glacier (see Fig. 23).-'' 



As already stated, within one limited stretch upon the west coast 

 the ice mantle overlaps the borders of the continent and reaches 



W.n.>Sl-<-'>..t^ ^ 



Fig. 2^. Tongues of ice descending from the Foetal glacier, McCormick 

 Bay (after Peary). 



the sea in a broad front. This stretch of coast begins near the 

 Devil's Thumb at about latitude 74° 30' and extends, with some 

 interruption, for about 150 miles along the coast of Melville Bay.^^ 

 On the northeast coast the recent explorations of the Danes indi- 

 cate that there are two stretches of 20 and 60 miles, respectively, 



^ E. von Drygalski, " Gronland-Expedition," Vol. i, 1897, Map 7. 



"R. E. Peary, "Journey in North Greenland," Geogr. Jour., Vol. 11, 

 1898, pp. 213-240. 



^'T. C. Chamberlin, "Glacial Studies in Greenland, III.," Jour. Geol., 

 Vol. 3, 1895, p. 61. 



