The Polar World: a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the GlobeHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 486 páginas |
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... Coast . - Its Causes . - The Norwegian Peasant . - Norwegian Constitution.- Romantic coast Scenery . - Drontheim . - Greiffenfeld Holme and Väre . - The Sea - eagle . - The Herring- fisheries . - The Lofoten Islands .-- The Cod ...
... Coast . - Its Causes . - The Norwegian Peasant . - Norwegian Constitution.- Romantic coast Scenery . - Drontheim . - Greiffenfeld Holme and Väre . - The Sea - eagle . - The Herring- fisheries . - The Lofoten Islands .-- The Cod ...
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... Coast of Labrador . 6. Coast of Norway . 7. Arctic Forest .. 8. Verge of Forest Region . 9. Forest Conflagration .. 10. Arctic Clothing .. 11. Arctic Moonlight 12. Aurora seen in Norway . • • 13. Aurora seen in Greenland . 14. Group of ...
... Coast of Labrador . 6. Coast of Norway . 7. Arctic Forest .. 8. Verge of Forest Region . 9. Forest Conflagration .. 10. Arctic Clothing .. 11. Arctic Moonlight 12. Aurora seen in Norway . • • 13. Aurora seen in Greenland . 14. Group of ...
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... Coast of Fuegia 127. Fuegian Traders . • • • • 128. A Fuegian and his Food . 129. Starvation Beach .. • • 180. Surveying in Greenland ......... . 131. Hall and Companions , in Innuit Costume . 132. Kudlago . 133. Greenland Currency ...
... Coast of Fuegia 127. Fuegian Traders . • • • • 128. A Fuegian and his Food . 129. Starvation Beach .. • • 180. Surveying in Greenland ......... . 131. Hall and Companions , in Innuit Costume . 132. Kudlago . 133. Greenland Currency ...
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... coast of Norway , enjoy even in winter a remarkably mild temperature . But they are naturally divided into two principal and well - marked zones - that of the forests , and that of the tree- less wastes . The latter , comprising the ...
... coast of Norway , enjoy even in winter a remarkably mild temperature . But they are naturally divided into two principal and well - marked zones - that of the forests , and that of the tree- less wastes . The latter , comprising the ...
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... COAST OF LABRADOR . کہا alluvial inundated flats where tall reed - grasses or dwarf willows frequently grow as closely as they can stand . It may easily be supposed that the boundary - line which separates the tun- dri from the forest ...
... COAST OF LABRADOR . کہا alluvial inundated flats where tall reed - grasses or dwarf willows frequently grow as closely as they can stand . It may easily be supposed that the boundary - line which separates the tun- dri from the forest ...
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