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here, but it is a phenomenon that acquires much importance in 

 north Greenland, and will invite special consideration because of 

 its peculiar effects on the formation of the terminal moraine. 

 Here it does not appear to exert any influence on the moraine. 

 It illustrates the persistence of the deeper winter snows through- 

 out the summer. There had been a recent fall of snow, as the 

 residue on the adjacent heights testifies, but this accumulation 

 was obviously not due to it. The photograph was taken on 

 September 2. 



Fig. 14. — Distant view of the upper east side glacier, seen from the back of the 

 Upper Blase Dale glacier, looking eastward across the Blase Dale valley. 



The east side glaciers.- — Time did not permit me to visit the 

 glaciers on the east side of the Blase Dale, but Fig. 14 is intro- 

 duced to show the general aspect and relationships of the upper- 

 most of the two seen on that side. The view was taken from 

 the back of the Upper Blase Dale glacier, looking eastward 

 across the valley. The view also illustrates in some degree the 

 summit topography of the region and the nature of the broad 

 upper valleys into which the ice lobes descend from the still 

 higher ice caps. The east side glaciers give the impression of 



