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Explorer Donald MacMillan, returning from a 15-month Arctic expedition, reports in Wiscasset, Me., that ice caps are thicker, glaciers larger and reaching the sea for the first time, vast bituminous coal deposits exist near the North Pole, and portions of the coastline are sinking.
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WISCASSETT, Me., Oct. 4. Donald MacMillan, who has just returned from a fifteen months' trip beyond the Arctic Circle, said ice caps are getting thicker and glaciers larger. He explained that for the first time in his memory valley glaciers reached the sea. MacMillan discovered enormous bituminous coal deposits, the seams in some places being 25 feet thick. The deposits are located a few hundred miles from the North Pole and eight hundred miles beyond the reach of any transportation except sledges. MacMillan said portions of the coast line are sinking.
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Beyond The Arctic Circle
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Oct. 4
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enormous bituminous coal deposits discovered; ice caps thicker, glaciers larger, valley glaciers reaching the sea, coastline sinking.
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Donald MacMillan returned from a fifteen months' trip beyond the Arctic Circle and reported that ice caps are getting thicker and glaciers larger, with valley glaciers reaching the sea for the first time in his memory. He discovered enormous bituminous coal deposits, seams up to 25 feet thick, located a few hundred miles from the North Pole and eight hundred miles beyond reach of any transportation except sledges. Portions of the coastline are sinking.