Out of sight, not out of mind

Stoker, Martyn; Stevenson, Alan

Stoker, Martyn; Stevenson, Alan. 2005 Out of sight, not out of mind. Planet Earth, Winter. 26-27.

Abstract

Say ‘fjord’ and, not surprisingly, most
people picture the stunning west
coast of Norway. Fjord is a general
Nordic name for a marine inlet, mostly
used for inlets made by glaciers. Anyone
familiar with the intricate geography and
spectacular scenery of the west coast of
Scotland will easily recognise that the very
same glacial processes have been at work
here too. Less obvious, though, is the
dramatic underwater landscape that forms
an integral part of western Scottish
fjords.

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