The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the sea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular cliffs. In a few places the rocks broke through their icy... Ice-work, Present and Past - Página 59por Thomas George Bonney - 1896 - 295 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1849 - 488 páginas
...filled the intervening valleys descending from near the mountain summits, projected in many places miles into the sea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular...rocks broke through their icy covering, by which alone they were assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. Mount Sabine,... | |
| 1847 - 524 páginas
...beautifully clear evening, and we had a most enchanting view of the two magnificent ranges of mountains whose lofty peaks, perfectly covered with eternal...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. Then came the naming of the newly-discovered mountains, an operation which, according to the system... | |
| Sir James Clark Ross - 1847 - 470 páginas
...beautifully clear evening, and we had a most enchanting view of the two magnificent ranges of mountains, whose lofty peaks, perfectly covered with eternal...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. The range of mountains extending to the N. AY. was called Admiralty Range, of which the higher and... | |
| Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 páginas
...ocean. The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountains' summits, projected in many places several miles into...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg." Favoured by fine weather during the night, the ships succeeded in approaching within two or three miles... | |
| Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 páginas
...which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the nea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular cliffs. In a...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg." The range of mountains, extending to the north-west, was named Admiralty Range, the principal points... | |
| 1848 - 626 páginas
...ocean. The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountains' summits, projected in many places several miles into...through their icy covering, by which alone we could oe assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg." — Vol. i., p.... | |
| 1849 - 1118 páginas
...filled the intervening valleys descending from near the mountain summits, projected in many places miles into the sea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular...rocks broke through their icy covering, by which alone they were assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. Mount Sabine,... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 páginas
...projected in many places several miles into the sea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular clifls. In • few places the rocks broke through their icy covering,...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg.' It need hardly be said that the various heights and headlands within view were duly named after eminent... | |
| Alexander George Findlay - 1851 - 782 páginas
...elevations varying from 7,000 to 10,000 feet above the level of the ocean. The glaciers that filled the intervening valleys, and which descended from near...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. The range of mountains extending to the NW was called Admiralty Range, of which the higher and more... | |
| Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 páginas
...projected in many places several miles into the sea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular clifis. In a few places the rocks broke through their icy...nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg." " On the 12th, advantage was taken of fine weather to effect a landing : when about three miles from... | |
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