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Historic climate records extending back to A.D. 1600. (Upper) A record of the number of months per year sea ice was present around Iceland and its relationship to mean annual temperature available since A.D. 1850 (6). (Lower) The extent of the front of the Grindelwald Glacier as reconstructed from oil paintings, drawings, prints, photos, maps, and literature (7).
