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GLACIERS OF THE INGLEFIELD GULF REGION. 
General features of the district—As my chief studies on the 
glaciers of Greenland lay within the environs of Inglefield Gulf 
it will be helpful to take a brief survey of the region before 
entering upon a special description of its glacial phenomena. It 
is worthy of note at the outset that it is the westernmost 
portion of Greenland that is indented by Inglefield Gulf. Prud- 
hoe Land, which constitutes the extreme western projection, lies 
immediately on the north, while next on the south lies the 
unnamed peninsula which ends in Cape Parry and constitutes 
the next most westerly portion. The position of the gulf is 
therefore one of meteorological exposure, if westerly projection 
constitutes such exposure. 
It is equally worthy of note that the district lies on the 
border of one of the widest parts of Greenland, if not altogether 
the widest part. With the present incomplete knowledge of the 
east coast, an unqualified statement is inadmissible. According 
to some of our maps of the better order, the tract between 77° 
and 78° north latitude, which embraces Inglefield Gulf, is wider 
than any similar portion north or south. According to other 
maps the breadth near 70° north latitude fully equals, or slightly 
exceeds it. Inthe former region the tract stretches over more 
than 50° of longitude. The convergence of the meridians in this 
high latitude, however, makes this an illusive statement, unless 
the fact of their close approach be borne in mind, but it serves 
to emphasize the width of the area in whose glaciation we are 
interested. In round figures and more familiar measures, the 
breadth may be put down at about 700 miles. 
If we turn from the width of the land to the more pertinent 
matter of the width of the ice sheet, we find all maps agreeing 
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