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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... River to the Polar Sea . - Storm on Taimur Lake . - Loss of the Boat.— Middendorff ill and alone in 75 ° N. Lat . - Saved by a grateful Samoïede . - Climate and Vegetation of Taimurland ... 220 CHAPTER XIX . THE JAKUTS . Their energetic ...
... River to the Polar Sea . - Storm on Taimur Lake . - Loss of the Boat.— Middendorff ill and alone in 75 ° N. Lat . - Saved by a grateful Samoïede . - Climate and Vegetation of Taimurland ... 220 CHAPTER XIX . THE JAKUTS . Their energetic ...
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... River . - Dease and Simpson ( 1837-1839 ) .- Franklin and Crozier's last Voyage ( 1845 ) .- Searching Expeditions.— Richardson and Rae . - Sir James Ross . - Austin . - Penny . - De Haven . - Franklin's first Winter- quarters discovered ...
... River . - Dease and Simpson ( 1837-1839 ) .- Franklin and Crozier's last Voyage ( 1845 ) .- Searching Expeditions.— Richardson and Rae . - Sir James Ross . - Austin . - Penny . - De Haven . - Franklin's first Winter- quarters discovered ...
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... River . - Darwin's Ascent of Mount Tarn . - The Bachelor River . - English Reach . - Sea Reach . - South Desolation . - Harbor of Mercy.- Williwaws . - Discovery of the Strait by Magellan ( October 20 , 1521 ) .- Drake . - Sarmiento ...
... River . - Darwin's Ascent of Mount Tarn . - The Bachelor River . - English Reach . - Sea Reach . - South Desolation . - Harbor of Mercy.- Williwaws . - Discovery of the Strait by Magellan ( October 20 , 1521 ) .- Drake . - Sarmiento ...
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... River , Iceland .. 61. Icelandic Bog . 62. Coast of Iceland 63. Westman Isles .. 64. Home of Sea - birds . 65. Fishing in Norway . 66. Norwegian Farm • • · • • • 67. Steaming along the Coast . 68. The Puffin ... 69. The Dovrefjeld .. 70 ...
... River , Iceland .. 61. Icelandic Bog . 62. Coast of Iceland 63. Westman Isles .. 64. Home of Sea - birds . 65. Fishing in Norway . 66. Norwegian Farm • • · • • • 67. Steaming along the Coast . 68. The Puffin ... 69. The Dovrefjeld .. 70 ...
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... rivers , on the flat strands , or along the fish - teem- ing coasts , they find an abundance of food , and where at the ... river , and con- ceals them all - seven , eight , nine months long - under its monotonous pall , except where the ...
... rivers , on the flat strands , or along the fish - teem- ing coasts , they find an abundance of food , and where at the ... river , and con- ceals them all - seven , eight , nine months long - under its monotonous pall , except where the ...
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Aleuts animal Antarctic appearance Arctic Arctic fox baidar banks bear birds boat Cape Captain Castrén chief climate coast cold Cossacks covered distance dogs Esquimaux expedition farther feet fish forests frequently grass Greenland ground Hammerfest height herds horses Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company hunters Iceland Icelandic horses Indians inhabitants island Jakut Jakutsk Jenissei journey Kamchatka lake land Lapland Lapp latitude length less Middendorff miles mountains navigators night northern Norwegian Nova Zembla Obdorsk obliged ocean once Ostiaks party Polar Sea pole reached regions reindeer river rocks Russian sailed Samoïedes scarcely seal season seldom ship shores Siberia Sir James Ross skins sledge snow soon Spitzbergen spot stones storm strait stream summer Tchuktchi temperature tent thick tion traveller trees tribes tundra vast vegetation versts vessels voyage walrus whale whole wild wind winter Yermak
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