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INDEX 



Mecking, L.. 6, 39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51, 57, 58, 69, 71, 129, 

 141, 180, 181, 184,211. 



Meehan Glacier, 82. 



Meinardus, W., 40, 57, 211. 



Melting area, 190; limits, Davis Strait and Baffin 

 Bay, 147; map. 200. 



Melting of icebergs, 112; diurnal, 121; rate of, 120. 



Melting of sea ice, depth of temperature effect, 195; 

 effect on North Atlantic, 192, 193, 199, 203, 205; 

 extent of temperature effect, 194, 201; origin of 

 bottom water, 192. 



Melville, G. W., 211. 



Melville Bay, 44, 57, 101, 188; drift of icebergs, 142; 

 fast ice, 22, 23, 84, 85; glaciers, 73; iceberg condi- 

 tions, 83, 84; middle ice, 43, 44; pack ice, 43, 44, 57. 



Melville Island, 62. 



Melville-Tracy- Farqhar Glacier, 95, 182. 



Meteor, 171. 



Michael Sars, VIII, 5, 145. 



Middle ice, 43, 44. 



Miquelon Islands, 53, 56, 151. 



Mikkelsen, E., 5. 



Mirage of icebergs, 127, 128. 



Mixed water. 190, 201. 



Mohn Glacier, 82. 



Mollov, T. M., 140, 211. 



Moltke Glacier, 82. 



Montcalm, 125. 



Montrose, 172. 



Morris Jessup Glacier, 82, 95. 



Munn, H. T., 51. 211. 



Munter, W. H., 211. 



Nain, 51, 78, 179. 



Nansen, F., 2, 3, 5, 10, 26, 129, 192, 212. 



Nansen Glacier, 82, 95. 



NantucKet, 205. 



Nares, G., 30, 129. 



National geographic map, 212. 



Nessmore, 104. 



Newfoundland, 58, 66, 155, 205; harl)ors freeze, 51. 



Newfoundland Banks, 53. 



New Siberian Islands, 26, 29; glaeiation, 62, 64; 

 polynya, 31, 32. 



Nicholas II (Northern Land), 21; glaeiation, 62, 64. 



Nielsen, J. N., 5,74, 212. 



Nightingale, H. W., 199, 202. 



Nobile, U., 2, 3. 



Nordcnskiold Fjord, 78. 



Nordcnskiold, O., 2, 5, 82, 212. 



North .\tlaiitic Ocean, thermal control, 203. 



Northeast Bay, 24, 71, 101, 104. 



Northeast Bay and Disko Bay Glaciers, iceberg 

 productivity, 73, 95; location, 85, 86; manner of 

 discharge, 87, 93. 



Northeast Land, glaciers, 63. 



Northern Land. (See Nicholas II Land.) 



North Greenland glaciers, 78, 79, 80; iceberg pro- 

 ductivity, 73, 80, 95. 



North polar cap ice, 25. (See also Polar cap ice.) 



North Star, 47. 



North water IX, 19, 45. 



Notting Hill. 171. 



Novava Zemlva, 26; glaeiation, 62, 64. 



O'Reilly, B., 4, 212. 



Ostenfeldt Glacier, 78. 



Otte, D. F. A. de, 150, 212. 



Pack ice, 14, 17; Baffin Bay pack, 42; cross section, 

 34; description, 32, 33, 34; disposition, 20; drift, 

 35; east Greenland pack, 35; east North American 

 pack, 40; Grand Bank pack, 54; Hudson Bay 

 pack, 49; influence on drift of icebergs, 179; Labra- 

 dor and Newfoundland pack, 51; regional distri- 

 bution, 33, 34, 35; Spitsbergen pack, 34; St. Law 

 rence pack, 56. 



Paget Point, 67. 



Paleocrystic ice, 30, 78. 



Pancake ice, 14. 



Parish Glacier, 65. 



Pearv Glacier, 82. 



Peary, R. E.,.2, 3, 4, 65, 67, 68, 212. 



Petermann Glacier, 78, 79. 



Pettersson, O., 2, 9, 13, 124, 125, 126, 191, 192. 193, 195, 

 196, 197, 203, 204, 212. 



Piedmont, 61. 



Pikutdlek Glacier, 74. 



Pituflg Glacier, 82, 95. 



Plateau, 61. 



Point Barrow, 22, 25, 26, 169. 



Polar cap ice, 14; area, 1; description, 25; movement, 

 28, 29; pole of inaccessibility, 25; pressure ridges, 

 30; paleocrystic regions, 30; rafting, 29; regional 

 distribution, 25, 30; thickness, 25; wind effect, 28. 



Polaris party, 47. 



Pole of inaccessibility, 25, 27. 



Polynya, 17, 19; New Siberian, 31, 32; north water, 

 44, 45; Peary's "big lead," 31, 32; position, 31. 



Pool, 17. 



Porsild, M. P., 5, 38, 83, 87, 212. 



Porsild Glacier, 78. 



Pressure ridge, 17, 30. 



Priestley, R. E., 60. 



Prince Patrick Island, glaeiation, 62, 69. 



Protective measures, safeguarding shipping, 168- 

 176; lane routes, 171, 172. 



Quervain, A. de, and Mercanton, P. L., 213. 



Quinan, .1. H., 129, 133, 150, 213. 



Rabot, C, 5, 213. 



Rasmussen, K., 5, 24, 69, 213. 



Redfleld, W. C., 213. 



Rescue, 47. 



Resolute, 47, 129, 144. 



Resolution Island, 146. 



Ricketts, N. G., 83, 108, 121, 12.5, 150, 176, 191, 196, 

 199, 213. 



Riis-Cartensen, E., 5, 47, 213. 



Ringer, W., 9. 



Rink, H., 4, 97, 213. 



Rink Glacier, 82, 85, 95. 



River ice, 8. 



Roach, P. F., 127. 



Robeson Channel, 4. 



Rodman, II., 6, 33. .52, 112, 170, 213. 



Ross, J., 65. 



Rotten ice, 14. 



Ryder, C. H., 5, 213. 



Ryder Glacier, 78. 



Sable Island, 56. 



Salinity, Arctic Ocean, 11; sea ice, S, 9; selectivity, 9. 



Salisbury, R. D., 213. 



Salisbury Island, 146. 



Sands Glacier, 66. 



Sandstrom, W. J., 124, 213. 



Sandwich Bay, 149. 



Saugus, 172. 



Saunders, 47. 



Saunders Island, 68. 



Sehott, G., 39, 57, 180, 203, 213. 



Scoresby, W., 2. 



Scoresby Sound, 2, 74. 



Scotia, VIII, .5, 125. 



Scott Inlet, 69. 



Sea ice, 17; anchor ice, 33; annual amount, 189, 190; 

 annual cycle, 17; change of salinity, 12; compari- 

 son with volume of glacial ice, 190, 197; cooling 

 effect on North Atlantic, 191. 192, 193; danger 

 from, 168; density, 13; forms, 21; fast ice, 21, 22, 

 23, 24; fresh-water pools, 13; pack ice, 32; physical 

 appearance. 13; properties, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; 

 regional distribution, 20; salinity, 10; salinity 

 with age, 12; salinity, with depth, 11; snow cover, 

 11; terminology, 14; types in north Grefnlan<i, 31. 



Sea water, freezing, 8; solidification, in. 



Seneca, 128, 159; northern voyaue of. 6. 



Sermilik Glacier, 73, 85. 95. 



Sharp Glacier. 82. 



Shelf ice, 61. 



Siberia, 28. 



Siberian shelf, fast ice, 21. 



Sikussak, 78; description, 24. 



Sigur<l Berg Glacier, 78. 



Sikuijtiit.sok Glacier, 85. 



Simpson, E., 208. 



Simpson, G. C, 62. 



Slush or sludge, 14, 15, 21. 



Smith, E. H., 6, 59, 85, 112, 129, 1.30, 133. 150, 151, 154, 

 156, 159, 160, 161, 178, ISl. 182, 19.5, 2C1, 202, 204, 212, 

 214. 



Smith, H. T., 214. 



Smith Sound. 22, 41. 43, 44, 55, 143. 144. 



Snow Drift Glacier, 61. 



Soestcrne Glacier. 66. 



Sofia, 5. 



Sognefjord Fjord. 205. 



Solar warming, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, 198, 

 199, 200. 



South Greenland glaciers, 94. 



