61:5.8 Away from the ice the [[land]] and [[water]] life of the world was little [[changed]]. Between the ice invasions the [[climate]] was about as mild as at present, perhaps a little warmer. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciers glaciers] were, after all, local [[phenomena]], though they spread out to cover enormous areas. The coastwise [[climate]] varied greatly between the times of glacial inaction and those times when enormous icebergs were sliding off the coast of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine Maine] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic], slipping out through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound Puget Sound] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean Pacific], and thundering down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway Norwegian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiords fiords] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea North Sea]. | 61:5.8 Away from the ice the [[land]] and [[water]] life of the world was little [[changed]]. Between the ice invasions the [[climate]] was about as mild as at present, perhaps a little warmer. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciers glaciers] were, after all, local [[phenomena]], though they spread out to cover enormous areas. The coastwise [[climate]] varied greatly between the times of glacial inaction and those times when enormous icebergs were sliding off the coast of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine Maine] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic], slipping out through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound Puget Sound] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean Pacific], and thundering down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway Norwegian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiords fiords] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea North Sea]. |