18 MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD. 



ley is filled with streams of ice descending to the sea- 

 coast," and that the inlets penetrated by his party pre- 

 sented miniature likenesses of the polar sea. 



Antarctic Continent. — Of the so-called Antarctic Con- 

 tinent little is known ; but icebergs of great size are fre- 

 quently encountered up to 58° south latitude, in the direc- 

 tion of Cape Horn, and as far as latitude 33° in the di- 

 rection of Cape of Good Hope. Nearly all that is known 

 about this continent was discovered by Sir J. C. Eoss 



Pig. 9.— Floating berg, showing the proportions above and under the water. 

 About seven feet under water to one above. 



during the period extending from 1839 to 1843, when, 

 between the parallels of 70° and 78° south latitude, he 

 encountered in his explorations a precipitous mountain 

 coast, rising from seven thousand to ten thousand feet 

 above tide. Through the valleys intervening between the 

 mountain-ranges huge glaciers descended, and " projected 

 in many places several miles into the sea and terminated 



