Wintering Over: The greater part of the land

KONGEN aabnede selv Samlingen med Pomp og Pragt. Tunge Uvejrsskyer hang stadig over Europa, Tyskland var fortsat stærkt, den første tyske Offensiv i 1918 var ganske vist standset, men man stod paa Tærsklen til den anden, ja, den var just begyndt, og den samme Frygt sad os i Kroppen, som vi godt 25 Aar senere følte under Ardenneroffensiven i 1944—45.

Translation: The King himself opened the collection with pomp and splendor. Heavy storm clouds still hung over Europe, Germany remained strong, the first German Offensive in 1918 was halted, but one stood on the threshold of the other, yes, it had just begun, and the same fear sat in our body as we well over 25 years later felt during the Ardennes offensive in 1944-45.

- Skrevet af Hans Venner (Written by His Friends), “Bogen Om Christmas Møller”
1948, Copenhagen: Westermanns Forlag

Book #6
"A Textbook of Geology"

BY FAR the greater part of the land surface of the globe is covered by snow and ice during a part of each year and over vast tracts of it they exist perpetually. Snow and ice therefore are geological factors of great importance whose work is deserving of careful attention and study. The only difference between snow and ice is that the former consists of loose, freely grown crystals of water, whereas in the latter the crystals form a compact mass; they are consequently to be considered together, especially as it is the ice that is the agent of importance.

- Louis V. Pirsson & Charles Schuchert, “A Textbook of Geology”
1920, London: Chapman & Hall, Limited
 

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