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fouiidliind was 262 feet, while the l<)n<rest bero- measured 1.696 feet.'^ 

 This hist was of the tabidar type, with an ahnost level top, 65 feet 



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Great Karajak Glacier 



FicLKE CO. — Four cross sections of Great Kanijak (Maclcr taken at various distances 

 from its outer end. A. The front wall loti nutters above sea level in its middle. 

 B. Sectit n taken at the point of its steepest descent. C. At the Taisuak Step. 

 (Fissure from Drvgalski. 1897.) 



LITTLE Karajak Glacier 



Figure 70. — A longitudinal section through Little Karajak Glacier and out onto the 

 bed of the fjord. Scale 1:100.000; the depths in metei's. (Figure from Diygalski. 

 1897.) 



above water, and was estimated to contain 90;),000,000 cubic feet 

 (22.S()().()()() tons) of ice. The avera<2;e berg in the Davis Strait 



" One of the largest icebergs ever recorded in the western North Atlantic was sighted 

 .Vngust 2S, 192S, hv the steamer Idejjtnd as an " ice island." A verified report was 

 printed in tlif liydiogniijliic Bulletin :.(tr.r. nf I'cliruar.v 2:'.. 1929. by the V. S. hydro- 

 grapliic Office as follows: "At S.oO a. m. (ship time) the northwestern point of the ice 

 island was abeam to port, distant 9 miles l)y 4-point bearing: the sliip ran 4 miles before 

 the northwestern point w^as abeam. When the ship was abreast the middle of the island, 

 vertical angles were taken which showed a height of 80 feet, Init there were peaks which 

 were ::bout 20 feet hisher. After passing the island a very good view was obtained and 

 the !(•!■ extended as far as could be seen. There was a light southwest breeze and the 

 visibility was very good, but it was hazy over the ice." Several other steamers reported 

 passing this huge" mass of ice during tlie succeeding few weeks. The T'. S. ("oast Guard 

 patrol boat Marinn was ordered tn investigate this report and searched the vicinity two 

 weeks after tlie ice island was originally reported. Several bergs were found : the largest 

 one, 775 feet wide and S'2T) feet long, liowever. did not even approach the dimensions of 

 the "ice island." If the report b(> authentic, this huge iceberg exceeds in size anything 

 previously encountered in the North Atlantic. Kriimmel (1907. p. 520) relates a report of 

 an ice island sighted near Cumberland (Julf, Baffin Land, in 1882. It measured 50 to 65 

 feet high. 7 miles long, and 3% miles broad. 



