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Copyriijltt 19u8 bii Frank U'ilhut Slukts. 



SCENE AT CAPE YORK, A SUMMER HOME OF THE ESKIMO 

 The southern panel of the West \\A\. 



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200 feet high, hut the ice shelves out heneath the water, where tiie buoy- 

 ancy of the sea breaks off parts whicli float away as iccbcrii's. 'I'liis 

 birth of icebergs at the water's edge of a ghicii-r often canxs waves 

 thirty or forty feet in height, niik's in extent, ami attended l)y volleys of 

 thunderous reports that are terrifying in the ears of the Kskinio. Kaeh 

 of these glaciers is an arm of the inland ice cap of (Ireenland. a iniglity 

 sheet submerging mountains and valleys to a depth of .").i>(l(l teet or 

 more. 



