The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Arctic coast . 1851-2 . Attrabosca to St. Paul's , assisted by dogs for 450 miles 1854. From Repulse Bay to Castor and Pollux River . Miles . 1180 1200 • 1080 • 1730 1100 6290 Of this , 1765 miles was through territory and along coasts ...
... Arctic coast . 1851-2 . Attrabosca to St. Paul's , assisted by dogs for 450 miles 1854. From Repulse Bay to Castor and Pollux River . Miles . 1180 1200 • 1080 • 1730 1100 6290 Of this , 1765 miles was through territory and along coasts ...
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... Arctic , took his ship as far north as the Humboldt Glacier , that is beyond Kane's farthest by ship , and then , towards the end of June , there were no signs of ice to the north . In June , 1871 , Captain Hall started for the north ...
... Arctic , took his ship as far north as the Humboldt Glacier , that is beyond Kane's farthest by ship , and then , towards the end of June , there were no signs of ice to the north . In June , 1871 , Captain Hall started for the north ...
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... Arctic Circle , the longest day or period of constant light and heat varies from twenty - four hours at 66 ° 30 ′ N. to six months at the Pole . At the Pole the sun would be first seen above the horizon at the spring equinox , and would ...
... Arctic Circle , the longest day or period of constant light and heat varies from twenty - four hours at 66 ° 30 ′ N. to six months at the Pole . At the Pole the sun would be first seen above the horizon at the spring equinox , and would ...
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... Arctic . This may be in part con- jecturally explained by the greater extent of land at the South than at the North Pole . It is also known that the earth revolves round the sun in an elliptic orbit , so that it is at one time nearer ...
... Arctic . This may be in part con- jecturally explained by the greater extent of land at the South than at the North Pole . It is also known that the earth revolves round the sun in an elliptic orbit , so that it is at one time nearer ...
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... Arctic Pole were exposed to this greater heat during summer , the temperature , other conditions remaining the same , would be proportion- ately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat ...
... Arctic Pole were exposed to this greater heat during summer , the temperature , other conditions remaining the same , would be proportion- ately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat ...
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