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MARION EXPEDITION TO DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN BAY 



head of Beistad Fjord and proceedinjr out along the south side oi 

 Hayes Sound we pass Sands. Bjorne, Soesterne, Sty<rge. Svarte, and 

 Fram Glaciers, the latter of Avhicli caps the point oi)])osite Sabine 



The Tidewater Glaciers of Ellesmere land 



FuiUkE 84. — Ellesmere Laud supports two uialn reservoirs of iuland ico from which ai 

 total of 24 sizable glaciers discharge along the eastern coast. The numlier of sizable > 

 icebergs calved annually is estimated to b? the relativel\ siiiall number of l."0. 



Island. The mountain peaks alon<2: this coastal foreland rise highi 

 above a dozen or more unnamed smaller valley glaciers oiving the sec- 

 tion a very beautiful ali)ine landscape. jMaciMillan (1918) (1928) 

 states that he counted and mapped 42 tidewater glaciers between Capei 



