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glaciers. On the south side the edge of the Gnome glacier is 
quite extensively covered with fallen ice and débris from this 
source. The foot of the talus slope of the cliff on the north 
side is in close contact with the border of the glacier and indeed, 
in portions, has been carried away by it. 
The Gnome glacier stops short of Bowdoin Bay by only a 
few rods, its terminal base lying but little above the sea level. 
Fic. 51.—The Gnome glacier, seen from the ice of Bowdoin Bay. Vhe dark layer 
at the base of the glacier and the talus slope are not distinguishable from the sur- 
rounding surface. Nunataks are partially shown at the head of the valley where the 
ice descends from the plateau. The steep border of the ice about them makes them 
appear as depressions. 
It has an abrupt terminal face much like that of the South Point 
glacier. The upper portion consists of a thick stratum of nearly 
pure ice, showing indistinct lamination, the middle portion, of 
alternating dark and light ice, while the lowest exposed portion 
consists of a dark layer thickly inset with bowlders similar to 
the dark bowldery layer of the preceding glacier. Below this 
there is a similar talus slope but of greater height. The day 
of our visit was sunny and exceptionally warm, and the bowlders 
were being loosened from the dark stratum of ice and were fall- 
