The ice age in North America and its bearing upon the antiquity of man5th edwith many new maps and illus., enland rewritten to incorporate the facts that bring it up to date, with chapters on Lake Agassiz and the Probable cause of glaciation . it in the latter partof the 18th century. Vancouvers account of the glacial phenomena along thiscoast is still both instructive and interesting, and in placescurious. Between these points [Pigot and Pakenbam] a bay isformed, about a league and a half deep toward the north-northwest, in which were seen several shoals and much ice ;the termination of this
The ice age in North America and its bearing upon the antiquity of man5th edwith many new maps and illus., enland rewritten to incorporate the facts that bring it up to date, with chapters on Lake Agassiz and the Probable cause of glaciation . it in the latter partof the 18th century. Vancouvers account of the glacial phenomena along thiscoast is still both instructive and interesting, and in placescurious. Between these points [Pigot and Pakenbam] a bay isformed, about a league and a half deep toward the north-northwest, in which were seen several shoals and much ice ;the termination of this bay is bounded by a continuation ofthe above range of lofty mountains. On this second low pro-jecting point, which Mr. Whidbey called * Point latitude was observed to be H0° 59i^. its longitude 212° width of the arm at this station was reduced to two miles,in which were several half-concealed rocks, and much floatingice, through which they pursued their examination, to a pointat the distance of three miles along the western shore, whichstill continued to be compact, extending north 30° east: inthis direction tbey met such innumerable huge bodies of ice,some lying on the ground near tlie shore in ten. GLACIERS Oy THE PACIFIC COAST. 35 or twelve fathoms water, a-s rendered their fnrtlier ])rogre8.*up the branch rash and highly dangerous. This was, however,very fortunately, an object of no moment, since before theirreturn they had obtained a distinct view of its termination,about two leagues farther in the same direction, by a firm andcompact body of ice reaching from side to side, and greatlyabove the level of the sea ; behind which extended the con-tinuation of the same range of lofty mountains, whose summitsseemed to be higher than any that had yet been seen on the coast. While at dinner in this situation they frequently heard avery loud, rumbling noise, not unlike loud but distant thun-der ; similar sounds had often been heard when the part
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