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... history ! snow . We had then travelled from Nupstað in the south of the island to Grímstaðir in the north , a distance of about 270 miles , in sixteen days , twelve of which had been passed amongst the regions of perpetual I must here ...
... history ! snow . We had then travelled from Nupstað in the south of the island to Grímstaðir in the north , a distance of about 270 miles , in sixteen days , twelve of which had been passed amongst the regions of perpetual I must here ...
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... History tells us , however , that this mountain has erupted upon several occasions . The eccentricity of its form is sufficient to suggest any amount of specu- lations as to its origin and character , while nothing but a careful ...
... History tells us , however , that this mountain has erupted upon several occasions . The eccentricity of its form is sufficient to suggest any amount of specu- lations as to its origin and character , while nothing but a careful ...
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... the silent scene to the one or two living giants ( Oskjugjá , & c . ) that still existed , lonely examples of the activity and power of an age so far re- moved from the world's history as to be lost in 168 VATNA JOKULL .
... the silent scene to the one or two living giants ( Oskjugjá , & c . ) that still existed , lonely examples of the activity and power of an age so far re- moved from the world's history as to be lost in 168 VATNA JOKULL .
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... historical and literary fame , which it is not our purpose to consider , is of especial interest to the geologist and the physical geo- grapher . It lies almost at the northern extremity of the great volcanic line which skirts the ...
... historical and literary fame , which it is not our purpose to consider , is of especial interest to the geologist and the physical geo- grapher . It lies almost at the northern extremity of the great volcanic line which skirts the ...
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... history , people , exports or imports , and forthwith consider its physical charac- teristics ; these may be defined ... historical times . The best known volcano is Hekla . This remarkable mountain rises directly from a plain that has ...
... history , people , exports or imports , and forthwith consider its physical charac- teristics ; these may be defined ... historical times . The best known volcano is Hekla . This remarkable mountain rises directly from a plain that has ...
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