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becoming another Mecca of the tourist, and this 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, too, are each year enticing greater 



A VIEW OF THE JlTNGFRAU, SWISS ALPS 



Showing the snowy mountains and verdant valleys, which make 

 Switzerland the delight of the tourist. 



and greater numbers of travelers to enjoy their wonderful 

 beauties and invigorating climate. 



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 combined area of the states of the United States east 

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



