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AT the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on January 30, Dr. H. A. Lorentz gave an account of his latest journey in New Guinea, in the course of which he succeeded in reaching the snow-covered peaks of the main range. Much interest attaches to those regions in the tropics where perpetual snow occurs, with their transitions from the luxuriant vegetation of the equatorial zone to the scanty flora, of the snow-line, which on the slopes of Wilhelmina Peak was reached at an altitude of about 4460 metres, and above this the. mountain rose to 4750 metres. A former extension of glaciation in this part of the range down to the altitude of about 4000 metres was shown by striæ on the rock surfaces and the presence of a small, typical glacier lake, though no glaciers are existing in this part of the range now. The expedition encountered many difficulties in the journey from the coast to the mountain ranges in the interior, but, taught by the experiences of the first expedition, special arrangements were made to push up the North river so far and so rapidly as possible to avoid the delays and sickness incidental to a prolonged stay in the low and marshy region.
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Explorations in New Guinea . Nature 85, 490–491 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/085490a0
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