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During the midsummer months the sun would acquire considerable heating
power , and this power would be so constant , and free from diminution by
nocturnal cooling , that the land and waters would become warmed , and would
absorb ...
During the midsummer months the sun would acquire considerable heating
power , and this power would be so constant , and free from diminution by
nocturnal cooling , that the land and waters would become warmed , and would
absorb ...
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quent chapter , the warm water originates at the Pole . This is a question which
requires investigation . There are many other questions connected withi Polar
temperature of a very complicated and involved character , which cannot be fully
...
quent chapter , the warm water originates at the Pole . This is a question which
requires investigation . There are many other questions connected withi Polar
temperature of a very complicated and involved character , which cannot be fully
...
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The climate must have been not only more equable but warmer , as is shown by
the coral banks which were formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the
enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns which Bear Island
...
The climate must have been not only more equable but warmer , as is shown by
the coral banks which were formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the
enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns which Bear Island
...
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These floras indicate a climate as warm as the temperate , or perhaps 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 ...
These floras indicate a climate as warm as the temperate , or perhaps 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 ...
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Observations upon the thickness of ice found each winter or each year at several
localities would enable us to define the zone of greatest cold , and also infer from
the thickness of the ice whether the regions around the Pole are warmer than in ...
Observations upon the thickness of ice found each winter or each year at several
localities would enable us to define the zone of greatest cold , and also infer from
the thickness of the ice whether the regions around the Pole are warmer than in ...
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| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 6 Oct. 2008 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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