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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART THE FIRST RUINS
- PART THE SECOND PALACES OF NATURE
- CHAPTER I ICE AND SNOW
- CHAPTER II GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS
- CHAPTER III THE SOLITARY HUT OF PETER MOTZFELDT
- CHAPTER IV THE GLACIER
- CHAPTER V CROSSING THE GLACIER
- CHAPTER VI SPECULATIONS
- CHAPTER VII MEASUREMENTS OF GLACIERS
- CHAPTER VIII THE BIRTH OF AN ICEBERG
- CHAPTER IX A NARROW ESCAPE
- CHAPTER X ICEBERGS CRITICALLY EXAMINED
- CHAPTER XI MAN versus MUSQUITOES
- CHAPTER XII A PICNIC ON THE GLACIER
- CHAPTER XIII BOUND FOR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
- PART THE THIRD UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN
CHAPTER IV - THE GLACIER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART THE FIRST RUINS
- PART THE SECOND PALACES OF NATURE
- CHAPTER I ICE AND SNOW
- CHAPTER II GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS
- CHAPTER III THE SOLITARY HUT OF PETER MOTZFELDT
- CHAPTER IV THE GLACIER
- CHAPTER V CROSSING THE GLACIER
- CHAPTER VI SPECULATIONS
- CHAPTER VII MEASUREMENTS OF GLACIERS
- CHAPTER VIII THE BIRTH OF AN ICEBERG
- CHAPTER IX A NARROW ESCAPE
- CHAPTER X ICEBERGS CRITICALLY EXAMINED
- CHAPTER XI MAN versus MUSQUITOES
- CHAPTER XII A PICNIC ON THE GLACIER
- CHAPTER XIII BOUND FOR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
- PART THE THIRD UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN
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- The Land of DesolationBeing a Personal Narrative of Adventures in Greenland, pp. 129 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014