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INDEX 



Danish Meteorological Institute. 77. 



Davis, J., 3, 4, 57. 



Davis Strait, 6, 7. 17, 24, 39, 47, 129, 144, 181; cui rents. 

 42, 45, 117, 145; distribution of icebergs, 146, 149; 

 dynamic topographic maps, 147; early explora- 

 tion, 3; ice. 55, 59, 77; oceanography. IX, 176. 



Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, .solar warmmg, 199. 



Daw.son, W. B., 112. 151.207. 



Defant, A., 195, 205, 207. 



Dellaven, 47. 



DeQuervain, A., 5, 60, 71, 95. 



DeLong, G. W., 2, 26, 207. 



DeLong Islands, glaciation, 62, 64. 



Demolition of icebergs, 122, 123, 124. 



Denmarlv Harbor, 37. 



Density, fresh-water ice, 13; Grand Banli's water, 

 196; icebergs, 108, 110, 111, 112; sea ice, 13. 



Deutsche Seewarte, 54, 58, 161, 180, 207. 



Deutsche Seewarte Segelhandbuch. 77. 



Dietrichson Glacier. 82. 83, 84. 95, 



Diebitsch Glacier. 82. 



Dislco Bay, 24, 70, 71, 72, 101, 108. 



Docker-Smith Glacier, 82. 



Dodge Glacier, 82. 



Devon Island. 68, 69. 



Disintegration of icebergs, 112, 115. 116: effect of 

 explosives, 122, 123, 124; rate, 117, 118, 119; split 

 ting, 121. 



Drifts, anchor ice, 33; Advance, 47; beset ships, 26, 

 27; casks, 26; Dutch whaling fleet. 37; Enterprise 

 and Investigator, 47; floe parties. 27; Fox, 47; 

 Greeley's boat, 47; Ilansa, 37; Jeannette, 38; 

 North Star, 47; Polaris party. 17; Rescue. 47; 

 Resolute, 47; wreckage, 27. 



Drift casks, 26. 



Drift of icebergs, annual variations. IsO. 181; BafFm 

 Bay, 136, 137; compared with (•ali'ulate<i currents. 

 162. 163. 164. 165; correlati(in factors, 1S5, 1H6, 187. 

 iss. IS'.t; controlled bv, 77; KasI Greenland. 75. 76 

 IhKlsdii Strait. 146; Labraili rcoast, 149. 150; map, 

 160; pack-ice effect, 179. 180; iihenonienal. 161. 167: 

 rate south of Newfoundland. 1.56, 1.59; recorded by 

 ice patrol, 159, 160, 161; seasonal variation, 176, 177, 

 178. 179; seasonal variation south of Newfound- 

 land. 154. 155; seasonal wind effect. 176, 177; south 

 of Xt>\vfoundIand, 150, 16S; variable, 136; western 

 North .Vtlantic. i:56; wind and current control. 

 128. 136. 



Dutch whaling fleet, 37. 168. 



Drygalski, E. von. 5, 60, 85, 91, 95, 99, 119, 129, 208. 



East Greenland icebergs, distribution, 75, 76; drifts 

 74, 75, 76, 77; location, 73. 74; phenomenal drifts, 

 75. 



East Greenland pack, advance. 37; description, 35, 

 37, 38; drift, 37, 38, 39, 40; East Iceland Tongue, 35; 

 isolation from Laborador current. 39; limits, 37; 

 map, 36; meteorological effect, 40: retreat, 38; 

 Storis, 37, 38. 



Easter Land, glaciation, 68. 



Eastern North American pack, annual volume, 189; 

 annual variations, 57, 58, .59, 60; cooling effect, 199: 

 description, 40, 41, 42: effect on icebergs, 179, 

 limits, 190; sources, 41. 



Eclipse Sound, 43. 



Edge Island, glaciers, 63. 



Edgedesminde, 145. 



Ekip-Sermia Glacier, 72, 85. 



Ekman, V. W., 13.3. 176, 208. 



Ellesmere Land, 26; glaciation, 65; glaciers, 65, 66 

 67, 68; glaciers, iceberg productivity, 95; snowfall 

 62. 



Engel, M. C, 5, 91, 208. 



Enterprise and Investigator, 47. 



Erik Fjord, 69. 



Erosion of icebergs, 112, 115. 



Eskimos, 22, 68. 



Etah, 22. 



Eugenie Glacier, 65. 



Explorations, 2. 

 Falk, E., 44. 



Fast ite, 14; Alaskan sector, '22: classification, 17: 

 dale of disinle^'iatidii, 21; date of formation. 24: 

 description, 21; disti ilnuion, 21 ; eiTeci on icebergs, 

 24, 188; Fox Channel, 22; (Jreeidand Sea, 22: 

 limits, 23; Melville Bay, 22, 84, 85; meteorological 

 effect, 22; regions of growth. 21; Siberian Stielf, 21, 

 Sikussak, 24; "Stamuhki," 23. 

 Fisher, H. (};, ,50, 208. 

 Fiskerna's, 37, 63, 76. 



Fjords, Academy, 78; Beistad. 66; Bessels, 64; Erik, 

 69; Frederick Hyde, 24: Godthaab, 76; Jacobshavn, 

 91, 93, 141: Kangerdlugssuak, 74; Karrat, 85; 

 Nachvak, 149; Nordenskiold. 78; Sognefjord, 205; 

 Stor, 63: Torsukatak, 141; Umanak, 86. 



Flemish Cap, 39, 77, 78, 152, 1.53, 167. 



Floating ice, 7. 



Floeberg, 14; origin, ;30. 



Florida, 205. 



Folger, P., 169. 



Forbes, R. B., 169. 



Forecast, icebergs south of Newfoundland, 189. 



Form and size of icebergs, blocky, 99; dome shaped, 

 100; height at glaciers, 104; largest in North At- 

 lantic, 107; valley type, 103. 



Fossil ice, 64. 



Fox, 43. 47, .57, 136. 



Fox Channel, fast ice, 22; ice conditions, 49, 51; 

 pack ice. 41. 



Fram, 2. 10, 26, 29. 



Fram Glacier, 66. 



Franklin, B., 169. 



Franklin, Sir John, VII, 6S. 



Franz Josef Land, 26, 29; glaciation. 62, 64. 



Frederickshaab, 37. 



Frederickshaab Glacier, 94. 



Freezing of sea water, effect on North Atlantic, 193; 

 extent of temperature effect, 194; table, 9. 



Fresh water ice, density, 13. 



Fries, E. F. B., 150, 178,208. 



Fridtjof Nansen Land(se« also Franz Josef Land), 

 64. 



Frobisher, M., 2, 3, 57. 



Frost smoke, 17, 19. 



Fury and Hecla Strait, 51. 



Fylla, 5. 



Gabriel Strait, 146. 



Gade Glacier, 82, 95. 



Gamble, A. L., 150, 208. 



Garde, T. V.. 5, 74, 208. 



General Birch, 171. 



Geophysical Institute, Bergen, VIII. 



Germania Land, 74. 



Giesecke, 4. 



Giesecke Glacier, 82, 83, 95. 



Glacial ice, annual amount, 189, 19); compared with 

 volume of sea ice, 190, 197; density, 110; land ice, 

 60; regional distribution, 20; terminology, 14. 



Glaciation, Arctic Eurasia, 62; Axel Heiberg Land, 

 68, 69; BaflSn Land, 69; Bylot Island. 69; Devon 

 Island, 68; Easter Land, 68; Ellesmere Land, 

 65, 66, 67, 68, 69; Franz Josef Land, 64, 65; Grant 

 Land, 65; Greenland, 70; Nicholas II Land, 64; 

 Novaya Zemlya, 64 (see also Land ice, 62); Spits- 

 bergen, 62, 63, 65. 



Glaciers, Alpine, 61; Antarctic type, 61; Arctic type, 

 61; Boger Point, 67; cachment, 61; Cape Alexander 

 to Cape York. 81, 82; Cirque, 61; Cape A'ork to 

 Svartenhuk. 82; Cwm. 61; Ellesmere Land. 65, 66, 

 67, 68, 69: Edge Island. 63; East Greenland, 73; 

 iceberg productivity, 94; manner of calving, 97, 

 98, 99, 100; Melville Bay. 73; Northeast Bay and 

 Disko Bay. 73. 85. 94; Northeast Land. 63; north 

 Greenland. 78, 79, 80, 83; plateau, 61; Piedmont, 

 61; south Greenland, 94; shelf ice, 61; snowdrift, 61; 

 type, 73; westernmost Greenland, 73. 



Glacon, 14, 16. 



Godthaab, vm, 5. 



Godthaab Expedition. 41, 47, 52, i:38, 141, 145, 199. 



Godthaab Fjord, 76. 



Graah, \V. A., 208. . 



Grand Bank pack ice; description, 54; distribution, 

 .54; limits, .54; movements, ,54. 



Grand Bank region, currents, .53, .54; distribution of 

 pack ice, 53. .54, .55; (iensity of water. 196; distribu, 

 tion of icebergs, 151, 1.52; drift of icebergs, 1.52, 1.5;i- 

 1,54; drift of pack ice, 53, .54. .55; dynamic topo- 

 graphic maps. 162. 163. 164. 165; .seasonal distribu- 

 tion of icebergs. 168; stability of water layers. 195, 

 196; types of circulation. 1.56. 157. 1.58, 1.59.- 



Grant Land, 30, 65. 



Great Karajak Glacier, 73, 85, 88; annual discharge, 

 91; calving, 97, 98; cross sections, 107; height of 

 icebergs, 104; iceberg productivity, 91. 95; rate, 88. 



Greely, A. W.. 5, 47, 65. 129. 208. 



Green Bank, .53, 1.52. , 



Greenland ice cap, 4, 60; accumulation, 71; .uinual 

 discharge. 95; dissipation, 71; glaciation. 62, 70, 71, 

 72, 73; inland ice, 70; topography, 70, 71, 72. 



