hummocks

hummock Speedily, the broad ice-field, several hundred square miles in area, is broken up into countless floes, or smaller pieces, which, dashing against one another with resistless violence, are piled into "hummocks" or hills of various shapes and sizes, under the tremendous pressure. Or,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33855
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Summary:hummock Speedily, the broad ice-field, several hundred square miles in area, is broken up into countless floes, or smaller pieces, which, dashing against one another with resistless violence, are piled into "hummocks" or hills of various shapes and sizes, under the tremendous pressure. Or, under the force of the storm, the field-ice is piled in sheets, one on another, to the height of thirty or forty feet, in what is called the "ice-pack." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 Not Used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 25 May 2015, stamped but not used