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GLACIERS have become so well known from the graphic descriptions of Carpenter, Forbes, Agassiz, Tyndall, and other explorers, that it seems unnecessary at this time to do more than call attention to a few of their more characteristic features by way of an introduction to what I have written concerning those now existing in the United States.
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What is a Glacier? 1 . Nature 34, 243–245 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034243a0
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