The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... Asia explorers have been equally busy , though , owing to a conjunction of circumstances , scarcely so suc- cessful as in the exploration of Africa . But how much have we known of Asia since the readers of these pages , still in the ...
... Asia explorers have been equally busy , though , owing to a conjunction of circumstances , scarcely so suc- cessful as in the exploration of Africa . But how much have we known of Asia since the readers of these pages , still in the ...
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... Asia will be free from ice even as far as the Yenisei River . In April there are sometimes such violent storms that it is impossible for those overtaken by them to keep their feet . Pakhtusof , the Russian explorer , and his companions ...
... Asia will be free from ice even as far as the Yenisei River . In April there are sometimes such violent storms that it is impossible for those overtaken by them to keep their feet . Pakhtusof , the Russian explorer , and his companions ...
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... Asia ; and in the case of the others , over the northern parts of Europe and Asia . In many respects they are similar in appearance and habits , and all of them fight a stout battle for life with the iron skies they live under . Indeed ...
... Asia ; and in the case of the others , over the northern parts of Europe and Asia . In many respects they are similar in appearance and habits , and all of them fight a stout battle for life with the iron skies they live under . Indeed ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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