11th May 2011, 07:59 PM
Here is a remarkable coincidence.....I am at this moment sitting in a cabin not so far from the Jostedals glacier in western Norway. This is the largest surviving glacier in Europe and the nearby notice board tells me that it is at present some 600m thick. However the erosion effect of the glasier can be seen on the top of the nearby mountains which rise to nearly 3000 metres, so obviously at some time the glacier was close to 2 miles in thickness....
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...