The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... indicated by drift- wood , fresh mud , fresh - water ice , and eider ducks . The whole sea between this and Nova Zembla was free from ice . After this , heavy south - west gales drove the ship to 78 ° 5 ' N. and 56 ° E. The homeward ...
... indicated by drift- wood , fresh mud , fresh - water ice , and eider ducks . The whole sea between this and Nova Zembla was free from ice . After this , heavy south - west gales drove the ship to 78 ° 5 ' N. and 56 ° E. The homeward ...
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... indicated that the North Pole is warmed up during the summer , and as the warming of the South Pole occurs under similar conditions as regards heat , & c . , the South Pole should have a similar temperature whereas it is the coldest ...
... indicated that the North Pole is warmed up during the summer , and as the warming of the South Pole occurs under similar conditions as regards heat , & c . , the South Pole should have a similar temperature whereas it is the coldest ...
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... indicate its occurrence in other northern countries . The bearing which these facts have on climate is thus expressed by Professor Heer : " More- over the climate of Bear Island must have been as favourable to the growth of plants as ...
... indicate its occurrence in other northern countries . The bearing which these facts have on climate is thus expressed by Professor Heer : " More- over the climate of Bear Island must have been as favourable to the growth of plants as ...
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... indicate a climate as 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 ...
... indicate a climate as 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 ...
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... indicate that the icebergs and ice - fields are loosened every summer , and sent drifting southward . These masses accumu- late most where there is most land , and by their melting they transfer the cold of higher latitudes to these ...
... indicate that the icebergs and ice - fields are loosened every summer , and sent drifting southward . These masses accumu- late most where there is most land , and by their melting they transfer the cold of higher latitudes to these ...
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amongst animals Arctic seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter