 ... two magnificent ranges of mountains, whose lofty peaks, perfectly covered with eternal snow, rose to elevations varying from seven to ten thousand feet above the level of the ocean. The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended...  Man and the Glacial Periodpor George Frederick Wright - 1892 - 385 páginasVista de fragmentos - 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
...glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the sea,...be assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. Then came the naming of the newly-discovered mountains, an operation... | |
 | Sir James Clark Ross - 1847 - 478 páginas
...glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the sea,...be assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. The range of mountains extending to the N. .W. was called Admiralty Range,... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 páginas
...glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountains' summits, projected in many places several miles into the sea,...be assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg." Favoured by fine weather during the night, the ships succeeded in approaching... | |
 | 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...be assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg." The range of mountains, extending to the north-west, was named Admiralty... | |
 | 1848 - 626 páginas
...glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountains' summits, projected in many places several miles into the sea,...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,... | |
 | David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 páginas
...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." 220. Much caution is required by travellers when crossing those glaciers which have a snowy covering.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 páginas
...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 clifls. In • few places the rocks broke through their icy covering, by which alone we could be assured... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1851 - 782 páginas
...The glaciers that filled the intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the sea,...be assured that land formed the nucleus of this, to appearance, enormous iceberg. The range of mountains extending to the NW was called Admiralty Range,... | |
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