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this was really the case,
especially that the glacier
had become thinner, so that
new mountain ridges had
become free from snow
or ice.
Figure 20 is a sketch
of the front of the glacier.
The western tongue is steep
and short. Near the front a
huge isolated block is stand-
ing on solid ground, with
a little cairn upon it. The
distance from the block in
the direction of the move-
ment of the glacier (NW—
SE) was 9 m. The eastern
tongue is between one and
two krn. in length. It ends
abruptly in a narrow cleft,
that conducts the water
discharge from the glaciers
to the river Laugará.
The glacier margin be-
tween the two tongues is
rather steep and probably slowly moving. A fixing mark was
put up at this margin near the eastern tongue:
Fig. 18. A sketch of the front of the
crater glacier with fixing marks.
A Cairn at a distance of 33 m. from a 5 m. high vertica! ice wall.
Fig. 19. The glacier margin. Aspect towards NE. (]. Ey. 2S/7 1930).