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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... Cold observed by Sir E. Belcher and Dr. Kane . - How is Man able to support the Rigors of an Arctic Winter ? - Proofs of a milder Climate having once reigned in the Arctic Regions . - Its Cause according to Dr. Oswald Heer . - Peculiar ...
... Cold observed by Sir E. Belcher and Dr. Kane . - How is Man able to support the Rigors of an Arctic Winter ? - Proofs of a milder Climate having once reigned in the Arctic Regions . - Its Cause according to Dr. Oswald Heer . - Peculiar ...
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Georg Hartwig. logical Observations of Ziwolka . - The cold Summer of Nova Zembla . - Von Baer's scientific Voyage to Nova Zembla . - His Adventures in Matoschkin Schar . - Storm in Kostin Schar . - Sea Bath and votive Cross ...
Georg Hartwig. logical Observations of Ziwolka . - The cold Summer of Nova Zembla . - Von Baer's scientific Voyage to Nova Zembla . - His Adventures in Matoschkin Schar . - Storm in Kostin Schar . - Sea Bath and votive Cross ...
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... Cold . - Fur - bearing Animals .--- The Sable . The Ermine . - The Siberian Weasel . - The Sea - otter . - The black Fox . - The Lynx.- The Squirrel . - The varying Hare . - The Suslik . - Importance of the Fur - trade for the Northern ...
... Cold . - Fur - bearing Animals .--- The Sable . The Ermine . - The Siberian Weasel . - The Sea - otter . - The black Fox . - The Lynx.- The Squirrel . - The varying Hare . - The Suslik . - Importance of the Fur - trade for the Northern ...
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... Cold Weather .-- Auroras .-- Approach of Summer . -Breaking - up of the Ice . - Fort Yukon . - Furs . - Descent of the Yukon .-- Value of Goods . - Arctic and Tropical Life . - Moose - hunting . - Deer - corrals .-- Lip Ornaments ...
... Cold Weather .-- Auroras .-- Approach of Summer . -Breaking - up of the Ice . - Fort Yukon . - Furs . - Descent of the Yukon .-- Value of Goods . - Arctic and Tropical Life . - Moose - hunting . - Deer - corrals .-- Lip Ornaments ...
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... Cold observed by Sir E. Belcher and Dr. Kane . - How is Man able to support the Rigors of an Arctic Winter ? — Proofs of a milder Climate having once reigned in the Arctic Regions . - Its Cause according to Dr. Oswald Heer . - Peculiar ...
... Cold observed by Sir E. Belcher and Dr. Kane . - How is Man able to support the Rigors of an Arctic Winter ? — Proofs of a milder Climate having once reigned in the Arctic Regions . - Its Cause according to Dr. Oswald Heer . - Peculiar ...
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