The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... seem to coincide with the varia- tions in the number and importance of the spots on the sun , which also run through cycles of about eleven years . According to Mr. Meldrum the cyclones of the Indian Ocean also occur in eleven yearly ...
... seem to coincide with the varia- tions in the number and importance of the spots on the sun , which also run through cycles of about eleven years . According to Mr. Meldrum the cyclones of the Indian Ocean also occur in eleven yearly ...
Página 42
... seems clear from the occurrence of sea ice in sheets formed of annual layers . These regions may be , the true sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from ...
... seems clear from the occurrence of sea ice in sheets formed of annual layers . These regions may be , the true sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from ...
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... seems , however , to be prepos- terous . On the other hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more ...
... seems , however , to be prepos- terous . On the other hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more ...
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... seems probable that they formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons ...
... seems probable that they formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons ...
Página 52
... seems probable that future attempts will also be more successful by this route than by the others . The failures to reach the Pole by this route have frequently been brought forward as an objection ; but this objec- tion equally applies ...
... seems probable that future attempts will also be more successful by this route than by the others . The failures to reach the Pole by this route have frequently been brought forward as an objection ; but this objec- tion equally applies ...
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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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