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since it is soon converted into waler. Only on rare occasions does 

 Ihe snow-covering become a protection against the iiniled forces of 

 frost and wind; this was the case in the period F'ebruary 4th to 



Fig. 166. Malinsfjæld (750 ni. altitucle) on Videro. Upper part snow-clad, the lower slopes being 

 entirely clear. (Krom photo. by K, Rimestad.) 



13th of 1902, the greatest and most lasting snow-covering of these 

 two Winters. 



The observations apply, as emphasized by Dr. Poulsen, only 

 to the lower districts. A more continuous snow-covering seems 

 to occur, however, on the mountains of the northern islands. The 

 climate there is presumably colder, since sub-arctic piants are known 

 to be located there in greater numbers, e. g. Dryas, Veronica al- 

 pina, Saxifraga riuiilaris, Papaver radicahim, Salix glanca, etc. Un- 

 fortunately we have no exact information on the climatic conditions 

 in the mountains, and must be content with what may be gathered 

 from the scanty records available. Observations of this kind car- 

 ried on for several years on the summit-plateau of one of the 



