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region, denuded and made barren by the ancient glaciers, 

 is now becoming rich and prosperous because of the glacial 

 remnants still left. The high Sierras are each year entic- 

 ing greater and greater numbers of travelers to enjoy their 

 wonderful beauties arid their invigorating climate. 



MOUNT HOOD. 



A view taken in the fall when the mountain is covered with snow, although 

 the surrounding country is still green. 



167. Greenland and the Antarctic Ice Fields. The whole 

 of the island of Greenland is covered with a deep sheet of 

 ice except a narrow border along a portion of the coast 

 and the part of the island north of 82, which has little 

 precipitation. The extent of the ice sheet is nearly equal 

 to the area of all the states of the United States east of 

 the Mississippi and north of the Ohio. The depth of the 

 ice is not known, but probably in some places is at least 

 several thousand feet. Although along the coast moun- 

 tains rising from 5000 to 8000 feet are not uncommon, 

 yet in the interior the thickness of the ice is so great that 

 no peaks rise above it. 



