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Great Karajak Glacier 



icuRE G9. — Four cross sections of Great Karajak Glacier taken at various distances 

 from its outer end. A. The front wall 100 meters above sea level in its middle. 

 B, Section taken at the point of its steepest descent. C, At the Taisuak Step. 

 (Figure from Drygalski, 1897.) 



LITTLE Karajak Glacier 



FicrnE 70. — A longitudinal section through Little Karajak Glacier and out onto the 

 lit'd of the fjord." Scale 1:100.000: the depths in m-tei's. (Figur.:' from Lrvgalski. 

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ihove water, and was estimated to contain 90;). 000,000 cubic feet 

 (l'2,800,()0!) tons) of ice. The averag'e berg in the Davis Strait 



■ One of the largest icebergs ever recorded in the western North Atlantic was sighted 

 \iiL;ust 28, 1928, by the steamer Idefjord as an "ice island." A verified report was 

 iiiiitt'd in the Hydrograpbic Bulletin 1'055 of February 23, 1929. by the U. S. Lydro- 

 -lapliic Office as "follows : "At 8.30 a. m. (ship time) the northwestern point of the ice 

 isl.iiid was abeam to port, distant 9 miles by 4-point bearing: the ship ran 4 miles before 

 tlir northwestern point was abeam. When the ship was abreast the middle of the island. 

 Vertical angles were taken which showed a height of 80 feet, but there were peaks which 

 were about 20 feet higher. After passing the island a very good view was obtained and 

 rill' ice extended as far as could be seen. There was a li^ht southwest breeze and the 

 visibility was very good, but it was hazy over the ice." Several other steamers reported 

 passing this huge mass of ice during the succeeding few weeks. The U. S. Coast Guard 

 patrol boat Marion was ordered to investigate this report and searched the vicinity two 

 weeks after the ice island was originally reported. Several bergs were found : the largest 

 one, 775 feet wide and 825 feet long, however, did not even approach the dimensions of 

 the " ice island." If the report be authentic, this huge iceberg exceeds in size anything 

 previously encountered in the" North Atlantic. Kriimmei (1907. p. 520) relates a report of 

 an ice island sighted near Cumberland Gulf, Baffin Land, in 1882. It measured 50 to 65 

 feet high. 7 miles long, and 3i/^ miles broad. 



