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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... Snow . - Flower - growth in the highest Latitudes . - Character of Tundra Vegetation . - Southern Boundary - line of the barren Grounds . - Their Extent . - The forest Zone . - Arctic Trees . - Slowness of their Growth . - Monotony of ...
... Snow . - Flower - growth in the highest Latitudes . - Character of Tundra Vegetation . - Southern Boundary - line of the barren Grounds . - Their Extent . - The forest Zone . - Arctic Trees . - Slowness of their Growth . - Monotony of ...
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... Snow - shoes . - The Frozen Yu- kon . - Under - ground Houses . - Life at Nulato . - Cold Weather .-- Auroras .-- Approach of Summer . -Breaking - up of the Ice . - Fort Yukon . - Furs . - Descent of the Yukon .-- Value of Goods ...
... Snow - shoes . - The Frozen Yu- kon . - Under - ground Houses . - Life at Nulato . - Cold Weather .-- Auroras .-- Approach of Summer . -Breaking - up of the Ice . - Fort Yukon . - Furs . - Descent of the Yukon .-- Value of Goods ...
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... Snow . 143. Waiting by a Seal - hole . 144. Looking for Seals .. 146. Seal - hole and Igloo . 147. Waiting for a Blow . . 148. Dog and Seal ... 145. Innuit Strategy to Capture a Seal . 149. Spearing through the Snow . 150. Dogs and Bear ...
... Snow . 143. Waiting by a Seal - hole . 144. Looking for Seals .. 146. Seal - hole and Igloo . 147. Waiting for a Blow . . 148. Dog and Seal ... 145. Innuit Strategy to Capture a Seal . 149. Spearing through the Snow . 150. Dogs and Bear ...
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... snow - owl or the yelping of a fox , reigns over their vast expanse ; but in spring , when the brown earth reappears from under the melted snow and the swamps begin to thaw , enormous flights of wild birds appear upon the scene and ...
... snow - owl or the yelping of a fox , reigns over their vast expanse ; but in spring , when the brown earth reappears from under the melted snow and the swamps begin to thaw , enormous flights of wild birds appear upon the scene and ...
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... snow - mantle , the northern plants pass the long winter in a comparatively mild temperature , high enough to maintain their life , while , without , icy blasts - capable of converting mercury into a solid body- howl over the naked ...
... snow - mantle , the northern plants pass the long winter in a comparatively mild temperature , high enough to maintain their life , while , without , icy blasts - capable of converting mercury into a solid body- howl over the naked ...
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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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