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tine Eepublic is in places far to the inland side of the Andes, and is lower in this 

 case by as much as about 8000 feet than that of the old divide of the Andes. If 

 Antarctica inland from Koss Sea has a relief like that of Patagonia or like that of 

 Scandinavia, the thickness of the inland ice will be far thicker under the ice divide 

 than our estimate of approximately 1500 to 2000 feet. In the case of Scandinavia, 

 the fact that the ice sheet at one time heavily glaciated the summit of Areskutan, 

 and moved from east to west, is good evidence, as pointed out to us by Dr. A. 

 Strahan and G. W. Lamplugh, that the Scandinavian ice sheet near the Baltic 

 formerly had a thickness in excess of 5000 feet. We think it unlikely that the 

 inland ice of Antarctica is now, or ever has been, of such a vast thickness. 



