The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Polar lands during the Miocene period . Dr. Hooker infers from the present remarkable distribution of the Arctic plants that they migrated across the Polar region at a time when the warmth was much greater than now . An examination of ...
... Polar lands during the Miocene period . Dr. Hooker infers from the present remarkable distribution of the Arctic plants that they migrated across the Polar region at a time when the warmth was much greater than now . An examination of ...
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... Polar area , together with the great difference of temperature between the zone of greatest cold and the tropic of the northern hemi- sphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms ...
... Polar area , together with the great difference of temperature between the zone of greatest cold and the tropic of the northern hemi- sphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms ...
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... Polar regions would lead to results of the highest scientific importance , which would also be of great practical benefit . This object alone should be a sufficient answer to those who want to know what use there may be in Polar ...
... Polar regions would lead to results of the highest scientific importance , which would also be of great practical benefit . This object alone should be a sufficient answer to those who want to know what use there may be in Polar ...
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... polar area there must be sea , and where the water is not perceptibly cooled , probably open sea . The idea seems , however , to be prepos- terous . On the other hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a ...
... polar area there must be sea , and where the water is not perceptibly cooled , probably open sea . The idea seems , however , to be prepos- terous . On the other hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a ...
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... Polar Islands . ( 6. ) Certain Greenland and Scan- dinavian plants , which are nowhere found in the Polar plains , Labrador , or Canada , reappear at con- siderable elevations on the White , and the Alleghany , and other mountains of ...
... Polar Islands . ( 6. ) Certain Greenland and Scan- dinavian plants , which are nowhere found in the Polar plains , Labrador , or Canada , reappear at con- siderable elevations on the White , and the Alleghany , and other mountains of ...
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amongst animals Arctic circle Arctic seas Barentsz bear Beerenberg boat Cape Captain coast cold crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora force gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Kennedy Channel Lancaster Sound land latitude look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal North Somerset northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack Parry party Polar Pole present pursuit reached regions reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport steamer Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel voyage Waigatz walrus warm water weather whale wind winter
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