The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... warm water from the Pole have been observed in many localities . These , wherever met with , are commonly assigned to the Gulf Stream ; but as will be noted in a subsc- D quent chapter , the warm water originates at the Pole.
... warm water from the Pole have been observed in many localities . These , wherever met with , are commonly assigned to the Gulf Stream ; but as will be noted in a subsc- D quent chapter , the warm water originates at the Pole.
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. quent chapter , the warm water originates at the Pole . This is a question which requires investigation . There are many other questions connected with Polar tem- perature of a very complicated ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. quent chapter , the warm water originates at the Pole . This is a question which requires investigation . There are many other questions connected with Polar tem- perature of a very complicated ...
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... warm as the temperate , or per- haps even the temperate parts of Europe at the present time . Professor Heer believes that extensive forests were spread over all the North Polar lands during the Miocene period . Dr. Hooker infers from ...
... warm as the temperate , or per- haps even the temperate parts of Europe at the present time . Professor Heer believes that extensive forests were spread over all the North Polar lands during the Miocene period . Dr. Hooker infers from ...
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... warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the north , may arise from the area where the sea is freed every year from ice by the up INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 43 summer heat . This is 42 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the north , may arise from the area where the sea is freed every year from ice by the up INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 43 summer heat . This is 42 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more to do . The facts to be dis- covered cannot fail to have an important ...
... warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more to do . The facts to be dis- covered cannot fail to have an important ...
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