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Amundsen Sea
Amundsen Sea arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. Off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, the sea was named after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen . ... Read more
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea [Lat.,=in the midst of lands], the world's largest inland sea, c.965,000 sq mi (2,499,350 sq km), surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa. Geography The Mediterranean is c.2,400 mi (3,900 km) long with a maximum width of c.1,000 mi (1,600 km); its greatest depth is c.14,4... Read more
Deluge
Deluge , in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his ark . Archaeology has yielded little trace of the biblical flood, but some oceanographers and geophysicists have speculated that the actual delu... Read more
South Seas
South Seas name given by early explorers to the whole of the Pacific Ocean. In recent times the name has been used to mean only the central Pacific, the S Pacific, and the SW Pacific. More particularly it is applied to the South Sea Islands (see Oceania ) and the waters about them. ... Read more
Jurassic period
Jurassic period [from the Jura Mts.], second period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time, lasting from 213 to 144 million years ago. At the start of the Jurassic most of the continents were joined together until the Atlantic began to form and the Americas split off from Africa. Eastern North Amer... Read more
sedimentary rock
sedimentary rock Type of rock formed by deposition of sediment derived from pre-existing rocks, which may have been sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic. Most sediment accumulates on the bed of the sea, having been dumped there by rivers, or having accumulated as dead sea creatures fall to the seafl... Read more
Weddell Sea
Weddell Sea , arm of the Atlantic Ocean, W Antarctica, SE of South America, bordered by the Antarctic Peninsula and Coats Land. The vast Ronne and Filchner ice shelves are at the head of the sea. Named for James Weddell, a British navigator who claimed to have discovered the sea in 1823, it was inve... Read more
right of way
right of way in land and air traffic and in sea navigation, rules that determine precedence in the use of traffic lanes. The rules are framed in the simplest possible terms and with nearly absolute uniformity in order to minimize the possibility of collisions. In land traffic, railroad trains, mili... Read more
trireme
trireme, a Mediterranean war galley propelled by three banks of oars. See also warfare at sea.... Read more
Black Sea
Black Sea inland sea, c.159,600 sq mi (413,360 sq km), between SE Europe and Asia, connected with the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles. It is c.750 mi (1,210 km) from east to west, up to 350 mi (560 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 7,364 ft (2,245 m). I... Read more

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Valley
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ...the slope of the land surface, the nature...further information, see the Basin chapter...large stream). A glacier is a large body...to Know Alpine glacier: A relatively small glacier that forms in high...s oceans and seas. Naturally and...
Iceberg
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...broken away from a glacier. (Glaciers are flowing masses...icebergs come from the glaciers of Greenland or from...breaking off of a glacier is called calving...is visible above sea level. Typically...square kilometers) of land and that flows in...such attempts. [ See also ]
Uplift
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...During uplift, land, as well as the sea floor, rises. The...a continent, the land will bulge and eventually...an ice age, when glaciers up to 1.9 mi...still responds to glaciers melting 10,000...centimeter per year. See also .
Finland
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...Lowest point on land: Sea level Hemispheres...miles) Territorial sea limits: 22 kilometers...terrain is close to sea level in the southern...II. 5 OCEANS AND SEAS Finland is located...xC5; land Islands (see Territories and Dependencies...were formed when the glaciers ...
Erosion
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...the form of huge glaciers, can plow through...the bottom of the glacier wear away the bedrock...especially in Norway, glaciers gouged out fjords...thousands of feet below sea level. Wind. Wind...between the erosion of land and its rejuvenation...In general, any land use or ...
ice-age aridity
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...aeolian sand dunes (see Fig. 1) indicates...distribution of active sand seas is for the most part...of the continental land area between 30...advances of mountain glaciers. In the mid-1970s...Weakening of the land–sea summer temperature...grinding action of glaciers, ...
Antarctica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...into great valley glaciers. Less than 5% of...shelves in the Weddell Sea. Partly aground but...steadily toward the sea and are fed by valley...portal of the Ross Sea, form the inner margin...by block faulting (see mountains ), the...mountains of Marie Byrd Land have comparable ...
Caucasus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...plateau. The Black Sea in the west and the...Dioscurias, encompassing land now in the Abkhaz...Greek and Romans lands led to erroneous...to have wanted to see the mountain where...047 meters). The lands to the south are...to the point that lands along the Black Sea...to ...
Polar Regions
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations ...nearest points of land are the southern tip...Antarctic ice sheet, with land mostly above sea level; and the smaller...Antarctic ice sheet, with land mostly below sea level...its thickest point. Glaciers form ice shelves along...s ice shelves. (See GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE...
Continental Shelf
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...fall and rise of the sea over the shelf in...advance and retreat of glaciers on land over the same time...lowered sea level, land plants and animals...come from rocks on land and are carried to...sand that one can see on a beach are an...

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glaci-
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...water derived from a glacier ), glacioeustasy...theory that changes in sea level result from...of sediments or land-forms produced...streams escaping from a glacier), glacioisostasy...lake adjacent to a glacier), and glaciomarine...near a glacier). See also GLACIOTECTONICS...
Geer, Gerhard Jakob De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Shorelines much above sea level were known both...The rise of the land is highest where the...eustatic change in sea level, due partly...highest shoreline of the sea at any particular...Spitsbergen, where glaciers somewhat similar to...Nilsson and in Post (see below). Geer...

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A glance at a glacier, by land, sea or air
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/20/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...A glance at a glacier, by land, sea or air By BETH...thousands of glaciers in Alaska, and...state. You can see glaciers from the deck...sailing past glaciers. Some itineraries...past the Hubbard Glacier, others take...
Alaska on the rocks: by land or by sea, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is something to behold.
Magazine article from: National Parks; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Seattle to a place called Glacier Bay National Park &...best trails are on the sea--trails with liquid...The "Bay of Great Glaciers," he called it. It...the people who visit Glacier Bay come by cruise ship...forest and rocky shore (see "Travel Essentials...bay to the tidewater ...
In Alaska, melting glaciers uncap land once held back
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 5/19/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...melting glaciers uncap land once held back Byline...images of rising seas that threaten coastal...effect: As the glaciers here melt, the...rising, causing the sea to retreat. Morgan...at the mouth of Glacier Bay in 1998, on...that the rising seas - a ubiquitous ...
Glacier Flow Could Raise Sea Levels, Study Says.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/7/2003; 700+ words ; ...can flow into the sea much more readily...accelerated rise in sea levels from global...suggested that seas might rise as much...contributing to rising sea levels around the...debated whether the glaciers are held back by...friction with the land. Now it is clear...authors and other ...
THIS EUROPE: Land of glaciers and volcanoes in tumult over smelter project
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/28/2002; ; 443 words ; ...tapping the riches of the sea and the energy roiling...Europe's biggest glacier. The power will drive...national park above the glacier would create almost as...landscape studded with glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes...Europe. Tourists will see things here they won't see anywhere ...
IN AN ANTIQUE LAND NOVEMBER BRINGS A CERTAIN CLARITY TO THE NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE. THE SUN IS NOT YET QUITE SO LOW THAT IT OBSCURES THE SUBTLE FEATURES AT MIDDAY, AS IT WILL WHEN IT FALLS SO HEAVILY UPON THE EYE IN LATE DECEMBER. SNOW HAS NOT BLANKETED THE GROUND, AS IT WILL IN JANUARY. AND IT IS NOT SO BITTERLY, DAMPLY, COLD AS IT WILL BE IN MARCH. IT IS THE MONTH OF THE STONE WALL. NOT ONLY THE TREE LEAVES, BUT THE BLUEBERRY AND BRAMBLE LEAVES ARE OFF, AND NOTHING OBSCURES THE VIEW EXCEPT THE FEW SMALL OAKS AND BEECHES WHICH WILL HOLD THEIR LEAVES ALL WINTER, AND THE EVERGREENS, ALWAYS THE PINE AND HEMLOCK. THERE IS NO POINT IN WAITING FOR THEM; THEY WILL OUTLAST YOU. WE CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN IN WARWICK, NOT MUCH OF A FEAT, AND NOT MUCH OF A MOUNTAIN; IT IS ONLY CALLED THAT ON THE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. AN ORDINARY MAN WOULD CALL IT A HILL AND LEAVE IT AT THAT. IT IS STEEP ENOUGH, BUT LACKS REACH. AN OLD ROAD CARRIES UP TO THE TOP, ONE NOT TRAVELED FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS, GUESSING BY THE SIZE OF THE WHITE PINE AND MAPLE TREES THAT HAVE GROWN UP DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD BETWEEN THE CART-TRACKS. A FEW MINUTES WITH A CHAINSAW AND A COUNTING OF TREE RINGS WOULD SETTLE IT, BUT WE DID NOT CLIMB IT FOR ROAD-SURVEYING, WE CLIMBED IT TO SURVEY A PROPERTY BOUNDED BY STONE WALLS. WE GOT A VIEW THAT WAS FREE. FROM THE TOP YOU COULD SEE TWO REAL MOUNTAINS, MONADNOCK TO THE NORTH, WACHUSETT TO THE SOUTHEAST. WE DID NOT BRING A SPY-GLASS IN ORDER TO SEE WACHUSETT UP CLOSE, WE CLIMBED TO SEE IT AT A DISTANCE. IT IS NOT REALLY OUR MOUNTAIN, EITHER LEGALLY OR PHILOSOPHICALLY. IT STILL BELONGS TO WHOEVER IT WAS WHO BUILT THE SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE ON THE TOP. IT IS A CURIOUS FLAT-TOPPED HILL, WITH CONSIDERABLE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN WELL-BURIED UNDER THE ICE ABOUT 12,000 YEARS AGO. IT IS NOT FLAT BECAUSE IT WAS SCRAPED OFF BY THE GLACIERS, IT IS FLAT BECAUSE, AT SOME POINT, IT WAS CARRYING THE OUTWASH OF A MASSIVE ICEFIELD. THE TOP HAS TWO TRUNCATED ESKERS, WHICH ARE OLD STREAMBEDS OF MELTWATER THAT ONCE FLOWED UNDERNEATH THE ICE. THE ESKERS STAND ABOVE THE GROUND AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD BUILT A CELESTIAL STREETCAR LINE ON THE TOP OF THE HILL, SO MUCH DO THEY RESEMBLE RAILROAD BEDS ONLY LACKING THE TIES AND RAILS TO COMPLETE THE JOB. JUST TO THE NORTHWEST IS A FLAT OUTWASH PLAIN WITH A HANGING VALLEY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, NARROWER TO THE NORTH, WIDER TO THE SOUTH. IT IS A PAMET, A RIVER VALLEY (WELL, REALLY, A CREEK VALLEY) SUBSEQUENTLY CUT OFF BY MORE SUBSTANTIAL MELTWATERS THAT DEFINED THE HILL, AND LEFT ALONE ON THE TOP OF THE FLATTISH MOUNTAIN. THIS SMALL VALLEY STILL COLLECTS WATER, AND MAKES AN ELEVATED SWAMP, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ABOVE ITS MODERN COUNTERPARTS, AND THEN THE WATER TUMBLES DOWN THE HILLSIDE, SEEKING THE SEA. THE HOUSE IS WHAT MAKES IT CLEAR YOU WOULD NOT OWN THE HILL EVEN IF YOU HAD A DEED TO IT. THE CELLAR HOLE IS STILL EMPTY AND CLEAN, WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL TREES, ALTHOUGH A GREAT, DYING, MAPLE HAS GROWN UP DIRECTLY OUT OF THE CELLAR WALL, SO IT HAS BEEN SOME HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE SINCE A LAMP WAS LIT IN THESE WINDOWS. THE FOUNDATION WALLS ARE GRANITE ROCKS, NOT THE LEAST DISTURBED BY THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE, OR MUCH MOVED BY THE MASSIVE MAPLE ROOTS. YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE BUILDER SPEAK, AS THE LAST ROCK WAS WRESTLED INTO ITS PROPER PLACE. ''THAT SHOULD LAST,'' IS THE KIND OF THING BUILDERS SAY WHEN THEY FINISH A PROPER FOUNDATION. I HAVE HEARD MY FATHER SAY IT, AND HE, HIS. IT DID LAST. THE ROAD IS NOT ONLY OVERGROWN, BUT BADLY GULLIED BY SPRING RUNOFFS AND SEVERAL HURRICANES AND INNUMERABLE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HOUSE ITSELF HAS NOT EVEN LEFT THE USUAL SHARDS OF WINDOW-GLASS, THEY HAVE BEEN BURIED IN LEAF-LITTER LONG YEARS SINCE. BUT THE FOUNDATION, THAT PERSISTS, MOST RECTANGULAR IN PLAIN VIEW, MOST VERTICAL AND PLUMB IN CROSS-SECTION. YOU COULD STOP A TANK WITH IT, OR BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE ON IT, OR CATCH AN ELEPHANT, IF THE MASTODONS SHOULD EVER COME BACK. BUT IT REMAINS: THE TOP JUST ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE CELLAR HOLE A FULL SIX FEET DEEP. AND IT SAYS THIS:''YOU CANNOT OWN THIS HILL. LOOK UPON MY WORKMANSHIP, AND DESPAIR.''
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/23/1987; ; 700+ words ; MONTGO;11/19 LDRISC;11/23,20:32 MONTY23
Alaska, by Land & Sea.
Magazine article from: Paraplegia News; 2/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...combination cruise/land tour can offer...and saw amazing glaciers and more wildlife...Anchorage. We could see salmon swimming...cruise. TWO IF BY SEA The following...16 beautiful glaciers. Seals with...on chunks of glacier ice and were...went through Glacier Bay. All ...
Princess Launches New Alaska Wilderness Sale; Special Rates Offered for Land/Sea Vacations to Nation's Third Most Popular Destination of 2003.
Business Wire; 2/20/2003; 700+ words ; ...on the best way to see Alaska this summer...best of the state by land and sea. These special rates...We're glad to see that the country...1,499 for a full land and sea vacation to...National Park and Glacier Bay National Park...
2009 CruiseTours: Experience Alaska's Wilderness by Land and Sea With Holland America Line.
PR Newswire; 6/24/2008; 700+ words ; ...Inside Passage with land tours into the expansive...best there is to see and do in Alaska via land and sea. The myriad natural...addition to Denali, Glacier Bay, Kluane and...Land Tours include a glacier cruise experience...see the twin Sawyer Glaciers. ...
Profile: Melting ice sheets in Antarctica raise concerns of glaciers surging into the ocean faster and resulting in rising sea levels
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/23/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...resulting in rising sea levels Host: MICHELE...glaciers that were on land sitting behind that ice shelf to see what they would...letters that those glaciers surged toward the...braking system for glaciers; that when you...adjustment of the glaciers. And it results...this is a ...