The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... present the conditions are for the most part not the most favourable for warming the North 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 ...
... present the conditions are for the most part not the most favourable for warming the North 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 ...
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... present time . The climate must have been not only more equable but warmer , as is shown by the coral banks which were formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns ...
... present time . The climate must have been not only more equable but warmer , as is shown by the coral banks which were formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns ...
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... present time . Professor Heer believes that extensive forests were spread over all the North Polar lands during the Miocene period . Dr. Hooker infers from the present remarkable distribution of the Arctic plants that they migrated ...
... present time . Professor Heer believes that extensive forests were spread over all the North Polar lands during the Miocene period . Dr. Hooker infers from the present remarkable distribution of the Arctic plants that they migrated ...
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... present and past dis- tribution . This has been well shown in the case of botany by Dr. Hooker , whose remarks we quote . He referred to the existing flora of Greenland as being one of the most poverty - stricken in the globe , and yet ...
... present and past dis- tribution . This has been well shown in the case of botany by Dr. Hooker , whose remarks we quote . He referred to the existing flora of Greenland as being one of the most poverty - stricken in the globe , and yet ...
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... presents such a remarkable combination of peculiar features as this , and the only solution hitherto offered is not yet ... present - extend in force over INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 45 the Polar regions , including Greenland 44 A VOYAGE TO ...
... presents such a remarkable combination of peculiar features as this , and the only solution hitherto offered is not yet ... present - extend in force over INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 45 the Polar regions , including Greenland 44 A VOYAGE TO ...
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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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