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INDEX 



Mecking, L., 6, 39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51, 57, 58, 69, 71, 129, 

 141,180,181, 184,211. 



Meehan Glacier, 82. 



Meinardus,W., 40, 57,211. 



Melting area, 190; limits, Davis Strait and Baffin 

 Bav, 147: map. 200. 



Melting of icebergs, 112; diurnal, 121; rate of, 120. 



Melting of sea ice, depth of temperature effect, 195; 

 effect on Nortli Atlantic, 192, 193, 199, 203, 205; 

 extent of temperature effect, 194, 201; origin of 

 bottom water, 192. 



Melville, G. W., 211. 



Melville Bav, 44, 57, 101, 188; drift of icebergs, 142; 

 fast ice, 22". 23, 84, 85; glaciers, 73; iceberg condi- 

 tions, 83, 84; middle ice, 43, 44; pack Ice, 43, 44, 57. 



Melville Island, 62. 



Melville-Tracy-Farahar Glacier, 95, 182. 



Meteor, 171. 



Michael Sars, VIII, 5, 145. 



Middle ice, 43, 44. 



Miquelon Islands, 53, 56, 151. 



Mikkelsen, E., 5. 



Mirage of icebergs, 127, 128. 



Mi.xed water, 190, 201. 



Mohn Glacier, 82. 



Molloy, T. M., 140, 211. 



Moltke Glacier, 82. 



Montcalm, 125. 



Montrose, 172. 



Morris Jessup Glacier, 82, 95. 



Munn, II. T., 51, 211. 



Munter, W. H., 211. 



Nain, 51, 78, 179. 



Nansen, F., 2, 3, 5, 10, 26, 129, 192, 212. 



Nansen Glacier, 82, 95. 



Nantucket, 205. 



Nares, G., 30, 129. 



National geographic map, 212. 



Nessmore, 104. 



Newfoundland, 58, 66, 155, 205; harbors freeze, 51. 



Newfoundland Banks, 53. 



New Siberian Islands, 26, 29; glaciation, 62, 64; 

 polynya, 31, 32. 



Nicholas II (Northern Land), 21; glaciation, 62, 64. 



Nielsen, J. N., 5,74, 212. 



Nightingale, H. W., 199, 202. 



Nobile, U., 2, 3. 



Nordenskiold Fjord, 78. 



Nordenskiold, O., 2, 5, 82, 212. 



North Atlantic Ocean, thermal control, 203. 



Northeast Bay, 24, 71, 101, 104. 



Northeast Bay and Disko Bay Glaciers, iceberg 

 productivity, 73, 95; location, 85, 86; manner of 

 discharge, 87, 93. 



Northeast Land, glaciers, 63. 



Northern Land. (See Nicholas II Land.) 



North Greenland glaciers, 78, 79, 80; iceberg pro- 

 ductivity, 73, 80, 95. 



North polar cap ice, 25. (See also Polar cap ice.) 



North Star, 47. 



North water IX, 19, 45. 



Netting Hill. 171. 



Novaya Zemlya, 26; glaciation, 62, 64. 



O'Reilly, B., 4, 212. 



Ostenfeldt Glacier, 78. 



Otte, D. F. A. de, 150, 212. 



Back ice, 14, 17; Baffin Bay pack, 42; cross section, 

 34; description, 32, 33, 34; disposition, 20; drift, 

 35; east Greenland pack, 35; east North American 

 pack. 40; Grand Bank pa.ck, 54; Hudson Bay 

 pack, 49; influence on drift of icebergs, 179; Labra- 

 dor and Newfoundland pack, 51; regional distri- 

 bution, 33, 34, 35; Spitsbergen pack, 34; St. Law- 

 rence pack, .56. 



Paget Point, 67. 



Paleocrystic ice, 30, 78. 



Pancake ice, 14. 



Parish Glacier, 65. 



Pearv Glacier, 82. 



Peary, R. E., 2, 3, 4, 65, 67, 68, 212. 



Peterinann Glacier, 78, 79. 



Pettersson, O., 2, 9, 13, 124, 125, 126, 191, 192, 193, ]9.5, 

 196, 197,203, 204, 2)2. 



Piedmont, 61. 



Pikutdlek Glacier, 74. 



Pitufig Glacier, 82, 95. 



Plateau, 61. 



Point Barrow, 22, 25, 26, 169. 



Polar cap ice, 14; area, 1; description, 25; movement, 

 28, 29; pole of inaccessibility, 25; pressure ridges. 

 30; paleocrystic regions, .30; rafting, 29; regional 

 distribution, 25. 30; thickness, 25; wind effect, 28. 



Polaris party, 47. 



Pole of inaccessibility, 25, 27. 



Polynya, 17, 19; New Siberian. 31. 32; north water, 

 44. 45; Peary's "big lead," 31, 32; position, 31. 



Pool, 17. 



Porsild, M. P., 5, 38, 83, 87, 212. 



Porsild Glacier, 78. 



Pressure ridge, 17, 30. 



Priestley, R. E., 60. 



Prince Patrick Island, glaciation, 62, 69. 



Protective measures, safeguarding shipping. 16S- 

 176; lane routes, 171, 172. 



Quervain, A. de, and Mercanton, P. L.. 213. 



Quinan. .1. H.. 129, 133, 150, 213. 



Rabot, C, 5, 213. 



Rasmussen, K., 5, 24, 69. 213. 



Redfield, W. C, 213. 



Rescue, 47. 



Resolute, 47, 129, 144. 



Resolution Island, 146. 



Ricketts. N. G., 83, 108. 121, 125, 1.50, 176, 191, 196, 

 199, 213. 



Riis-Cartensen. E., 5, 47, 213. 



Ringer, W., 9. 



Rink, H., 4, 97. 213. 



Rink Glacier, 82. 85, 95. 



River ice, 8. 



Roach, P. F., 127. 



Robeson Channel. 4. 



Rodman, IL. 6, 33. ,52. 112. 170. 213. 



Ross, J., 65. 



Rotten ice, 14. 



Ryder, C. H.. 5. 213. 



Ryder Glacier, 78. 



Sable Island, 56. 



Salinity, Arctic Ocean, 11; sea ice, 8, 9; selectivity, 9. 



Salisbury, R. D., 213. 



Salisbury Island, 146. 



Sands Glacier, 66. 



Sandstrom, W. J.. 124, 213. 



Sandwich Bay, 149. 



Saugus, 172. 



Saunders, 47. 



Saunders Island, 68. 



Schott, G., 39, 57, 180. 203, 213. 



Scoresby, W., 2. 



Scoresbv Sound, 2, 74. 



Scotia, VIII, 5, 125. 



Scott Inlet, 69. 



Sea ice, 17; anchor ice. 33: annual amount, 189, 190; 

 annual cycle, 17; change of salinity, 12; compari- 

 son with volume of glacial ice. 190. 197; cooling 

 effect on North Atlantic. 191. 192, 193; danger 

 from, 168; density, 13; forms, 21; fast ice, 21, 22, 

 23,24; fresh-water pools, 13; pack ice. .32; physical 

 appearance, 13; properties. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12, 13, 14; 

 regional distribution, 20; salinity. 10: salinity 

 with age, 12; salinity, with depth. 11; snow cover, 

 11; terminology. 14; types in north Greenland, 31. 



Sea water, freezing, s; solidification, 10. 



Seneca, 128, 159; northern voyage of. 6. 



Sermilik Glacier, 73. 85. 95. 



Sharp Glacier. 82. 



Shelf ice, 61. 



Siberia, 28. 



Siberian shelf, fast ice, 21. 



Sikussak, 78; description, 24. 



Sigurd Berg Glacier, 78. 



Sikuijuitsok Glacier, 85. 



Simpson, E.. 208. 



Simpson, G. C, 62. 



Slush or sludge. 14. 15. 21. 



Smith, E. H., 6, 59, 85, 112, 129. 130. !:«. 1.50. 151. 1,M. 

 156, 159, 160, 161, 178. 181. 182. 195, 201. 202, 204. 212, 

 214. 



Smith. H. T., 214. 



Smith Sound, 22. 41. 43. 44. 55. 143. 144. 



Snow Drift Glacier, 61. 



Soesterne Glacier. 66. 



Sofia, 5. 



Sognefjord Fjord, 205. 



Solar warming, Davis Strait and Biulin Bay, 198, 

 199, 200. 



South Greenland glaciers, 94. 



