The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Pole . At the Pole the sun would be first seen above the horizon at the spring equinox , and would not again sink below it till the autumnal equinox . Early in the season its altitude would be very low , but as time went on its height ...
... Pole . At the Pole the sun would be first seen above the horizon at the spring equinox , and would not again sink below it till the autumnal equinox . Early in the season its altitude would be very low , but as time went on its height ...
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... Pole the mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be . During ... Pole have been observed in many localities . These , wherever met with , are commonly assigned to the Gulf Stream ...
... Pole the mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be . During ... Pole have been observed in many localities . These , wherever met with , are commonly assigned to the Gulf Stream ...
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... Pole is more extensively ice - clad than the 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 ...
... Pole is more extensively ice - clad than the 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 ...
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... 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 . The obli ...
... 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 . The obli ...
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... Pole ; and the fact that it is less ice - encumbered than the South Pole probably arises from there being , as is supposed , little land near it . The conjectures above given as to what may have been are rendered probabilities by the ...
... Pole ; and the fact that it is less ice - encumbered than the South Pole probably arises from there being , as is supposed , little land near it . The conjectures above given as to what may have been are rendered probabilities by the ...
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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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