最后，阿加西和其他人说服了地质学家和普通大众，一个巨大的大陆冰川作用已经把极地冰帽延伸到了现在享受温带气候的地区。
Eventually, Agassiz and others convinced geologists and the general public that a great continental glaciation had extended the polar ice caps far into regions that now enjoy temperate climates.
Regine Hock，一个阿拉斯加费尔班克斯分校冰川地质学家，告诉国家地理杂志冰架的崩落是“一个随时都在发生的普通现象”。
Regine Hock, a glacial geophysicist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, told the National Geographic that the breakup of ice shelves is "a normal process that happens all the time".
参与这次调查的地质学家弗兰克•比昂克说：“这只是一块普通的、没什么价值的石头。”
"It's a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone," said Frank Beunk, a geologist involved in the investigation.
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