RE: [Paddlewise] Next Summer?

From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:08:16 -0700 (MST)
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Sisler, Clyde wrote:

> 
> Who's got plans for next summer?  Only 7 months away!
> 
[snip]
> 
> I think the Labrador Current flows from Greenland, bringing all those ice
> bergs (that sank the Titanic) and ice floes.  What's the difference between
> ice floes and ice bergs?  I know Flo up the road like 'burgers (sorry).  And
> while I'm at it, why is Greenland covered with ice and Iceland covered with
> forests?  (curious minds want to know).  I think floes are more like flat
> frozen river ice that breaks up and ice bergs are those big things that
> break off a glacier.

what i remember was, the vikings named greenland & iceland, and they
wanted to discourage people from going to iceland, and wanted people to go
to greenland... 

but i haven't studied history in a long time either ;-)

mark

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