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Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80 ° 30 ' N. , 12 ° E. ;
her further advance being checked by a leak caused by ice nips . She sailed from
the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached ...
Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80 ° 30 ' N. , 12 ° E. ;
her further advance being checked by a leak caused by ice nips . She sailed from
the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached ...
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... to the square of the distance : so that if the Arctic Pole were exposed to this
greater heat during summer , the temperature , other conditions remaining the
same , would be proportionately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause
which ...
... to the square of the distance : so that if the Arctic Pole were exposed to this
greater heat during summer , the temperature , other conditions remaining the
same , would be proportionately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause
which ...
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The alternate heating and cooling of the Polar area , together with the great
difference of temperature between the zone of greatest cold and the tropic of the
northern hemisphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause ...
The alternate heating and cooling of the Polar area , together with the great
difference of temperature between the zone of greatest cold and the tropic of the
northern hemisphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause ...
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... owing to the water , being warmer below , 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 ...
... owing to the water , being warmer below , 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 ...
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While we were there , the whole village wore a busy aspect , which may have
been unusual ; certainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the
inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the continual privations they were forced
to ...
While we were there , the whole village wore a busy aspect , which may have
been unusual ; certainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the
inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the continual privations they were forced
to ...
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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 California |
| Digitalizado | 1 Abr. 2009 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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