The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ...
... northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ...
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... northern coasts reached are strewed with drift - wood , and even trunks of trees , which in many cases appear to have come from the north . A list of the species thus occurring would throw light upon the probable localities where they ...
... northern coasts reached are strewed with drift - wood , and even trunks of trees , which in many cases appear to have come from the north . A list of the species thus occurring would throw light upon the probable localities where they ...
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... northern summer oc- curred when the earth was nearest the sun , the cir- cumpolar area , it is believed , would be heated more strongly than it is now . The intensity of the heat might be still further increased by another modifica ...
... northern summer oc- curred when the earth was nearest the sun , the cir- cumpolar area , it is believed , would be heated more strongly than it is now . The intensity of the heat might be still further increased by another modifica ...
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... 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 that of Ireland or the Vosges ...
... 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 that of Ireland or the Vosges ...
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... northern hemi- sphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting ...
... northern hemi- sphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting ...
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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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