Nantucket -- But the glacier didn't leave much and European humans were challenged to make a living on this land which has difficulty even growing trees. Here we see a slice of Waqutaquaib Pond, formed 15,000 years ago when a huge block of ice got buried under glacier debris and eventually melted, forming a "kettle pond."During times when shipping was disrupted, such as the Revolutionary War, islanders would cut down nearly every useable tree for firewood, even crossing the harbor on foot when the passage froze over during the bitter winter of 1780. Like the Irish, they would turn to harvesting peat to heat their homes.
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