. Elementary physical geography . e entirely obscures it, and it probablycovers a land which is mountainous in character. The sur-face of the ice in the interior is very smooth, and one maytravel over it with considerable ease. The movementappears to be in alldirections, from the ^^ central part toward *a&\ the sea, as if the ^ --v*- - ?::- ? accumulation weregreater in the in-terior than else-where. We canform no idea con-cerning the depthof this sheet ofice ; but it is amoderate estimateto say that it is cer-tainly several thou-sand feet in depth. Icebergs. — Thecold Arctic wintercauses the
. Elementary physical geography . e entirely obscures it, and it probablycovers a land which is mountainous in character. The sur-face of the ice in the interior is very smooth, and one maytravel over it with considerable ease. The movementappears to be in alldirections, from the ^^ central part toward *a&\ the sea, as if the ^ --v*- - ?::- ? accumulation weregreater in the in-terior than else-where. We canform no idea con-cerning the depthof this sheet ofice ; but it is amoderate estimateto say that it is cer-tainly several thou-sand feet in depth. Icebergs. — Thecold Arctic wintercauses the ocean surface to become frozen; and the movement of the waters,resulting from the winds, currents, and tides, often breaksthis ice and throws it into hummocks, so that during thisseason the Arctic water presents a rough ice surface. Dur-ing the summer this partly or entirely breaks up, and the iceeither melts or floats away. Added to this floe ice, are the ice-bergs which are derived from the margins of glaciers extend-.
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