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Nordenskiöld and Duner completed the survey for measuring an arc of meridian
in high latitudes , as a means of ascertaining the true figure of the earth . In
August , 1868 , the sea off North Cape was almost entirely free from ice . The
highest ...
Nordenskiöld and Duner completed the survey for measuring an arc of meridian
in high latitudes , as a means of ascertaining the true figure of the earth . In
August , 1868 , the sea off North Cape was almost entirely free from ice . The
highest ...
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It is also intended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of
reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea
east of Spitzbergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position
assigned ...
It is also intended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of
reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea
east of Spitzbergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position
assigned ...
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The local distribution of heat would be modified by the nature of the ground , the
height of land , and the distribution of sea and land ; but it is theoretically
probable that at the Pole the mean temperature of the air in July and August is
much ...
The local distribution of heat would be modified by the nature of the ground , the
height of land , and the distribution of sea and land ; but it is theoretically
probable that at the Pole the mean temperature of the air in July and August is
much ...
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It is known that the mean temperature of the Southern hemisphere is lower than
that of the North ; and it is a matter of observation that the Antarctic Pole is more
extensively ice - clad than the Arctic . This may be in part conjecturally explained
...
It is known that the mean temperature of the Southern hemisphere is lower than
that of the North ; and it is a matter of observation that the Antarctic Pole is more
extensively ice - clad than the Arctic . This may be in part conjecturally explained
...
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At present the earth is 3 , 000 , 000 miles less than the mean distance nearer the
sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods it has been 14 , 500 ,
000 miles less than the mean nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion .
At present the earth is 3 , 000 , 000 miles less than the mean distance nearer the
sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods it has been 14 , 500 ,
000 miles less than the mean nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion .
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animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew Crown danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet floating force formed four gained give Greenland hands head hope interest Island journey kind land latitude leave less look masses means miles mountain nature northern noticed object observed once ourselves party passed Polar Pole present probably proved pursuit reached regions remains rest rise rocks round sailed sailors schooner seal season seems seen ship shore short shot side sight soon Sound Spitzbergen sport Strait success surface temperature travelling turned vessel voyage warm weather whale whole wind winter
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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