On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.

Muir outlines the extent of glaciation on the Pacific Coast from the Sierra Nevada north, and also on the several major islands visited. He concludes ""that the basins of Bering Sea and Strait and of the adjacent portion of the Arctic Ocean are simply those portions of the bed of ice-sheet...

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Published: Hooper, Calvin L., Report of the U.S. Steamer Thomas Corwin in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884 1884
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Pacific
Ice Sheet
Subarctic
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/186 2023-05-15T14:52:16+02:00 On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881. 1884 Treasury Dept. document no. 601. [ 148] pp., 30 cm. Blue buckram with gilt-stamped title on front cover. Illus http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/186 unknown Hooper, Calvin L., Report of the U.S. Steamer Thomas Corwin in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884 1884 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:23Z Muir outlines the extent of glaciation on the Pacific Coast from the Sierra Nevada north, and also on the several major islands visited. He concludes ""that the basins of Bering Sea and Strait and of the adjacent portion of the Arctic Ocean are simply those portions of the bed of ice-sheet which were eroded to a moderate depth beneath the level of the sea, and over which the ocean waters were gradually extended as the ice-sheet was withdrawn, thus separating the continents of Asia and America at the close of the Glacial period."" See also: no. 163; no. 341, v. 7, pp. 255-[280]; no. 347, pp. 235-[258]. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Ice Sheet Subarctic University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Pacific
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description Muir outlines the extent of glaciation on the Pacific Coast from the Sierra Nevada north, and also on the several major islands visited. He concludes ""that the basins of Bering Sea and Strait and of the adjacent portion of the Arctic Ocean are simply those portions of the bed of ice-sheet which were eroded to a moderate depth beneath the level of the sea, and over which the ocean waters were gradually extended as the ice-sheet was withdrawn, thus separating the continents of Asia and America at the close of the Glacial period."" See also: no. 163; no. 341, v. 7, pp. 255-[280]; no. 347, pp. 235-[258].
title On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.
spellingShingle On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.
title_short On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.
title_full On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.
title_fullStr On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.
title_full_unstemmed On the Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited by the United States Steamer Corwin in the Year 1881.
title_sort on the glaciation of the arctic and subarctic regions visited by the united states steamer corwin in the year 1881.
publisher Hooper, Calvin L., Report of the U.S. Steamer Thomas Corwin in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884
publishDate 1884
url http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/186
geographic Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Pacific
geographic_facet Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Pacific
genre Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Ice Sheet
Subarctic
genre_facet Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Ice Sheet
Subarctic
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