The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... caused by ice nips . She sailed from the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached Hull , September 26. In 1871 she reached 81 ° 15 ′ N. The above sketch shows that except at a few points we know very ...
... caused by ice nips . She sailed from the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached Hull , September 26. In 1871 she reached 81 ° 15 ′ N. The above sketch shows that except at a few points we know very ...
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... same , would be proportion- ately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat . The obli- quity of the ecliptic is now 23 ° 28 ′ ; but astronomers admit that it may have been at times as much D 2.
... same , would be proportion- ately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat . The obli- quity of the ecliptic is now 23 ° 28 ′ ; but astronomers admit that it may have been at times as much D 2.
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... seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting about 40 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting about 40 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... causing the ice to thaw more rapidly , when the upper part , which is heavier , totters , the ice beneath is suddenly overbalanced , and the portion that was lately submerged is now suddenly tilted into the air through the disturbance ...
... causing the ice to thaw more rapidly , when the upper part , which is heavier , totters , the ice beneath is suddenly overbalanced , and the portion that was lately submerged is now suddenly tilted into the air through the disturbance ...
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... cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations they were forced to endure during the long winter , had resolved to emigrate , and the town was filled with their ...
... cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations they were forced to endure during the long winter , had resolved to emigrate , and the town was filled with their ...
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