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 #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 30 1998 - 10:09:37 PST
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