The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... appearance in the Northern sky - at once one of the most mysterious and most brilliant of spectacles . Its ever - changing and almost fantastic form may be resolved into a dark segment , an arch of light , luminous streamers , and a ...
... appearance in the Northern sky - at once one of the most mysterious and most brilliant of spectacles . Its ever - changing and almost fantastic form may be resolved into a dark segment , an arch of light , luminous streamers , and a ...
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... appearance ; and though the bear hibernates , yet sometimes the male may be seen roaming about seeking what he may devour , even in the depth of winter . The fox and the hare alike put on their snowy coats , so as to be almost ...
... appearance ; and though the bear hibernates , yet sometimes the male may be seen roaming about seeking what he may devour , even in the depth of winter . The fox and the hare alike put on their snowy coats , so as to be almost ...
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... appearance of everything . It is only in early spring that the country assumes that blooming appearance which has been so raved about by passing tourists . Old residents , though not unwilling to hear their favourite State lauded - and ...
... appearance of everything . It is only in early spring that the country assumes that blooming appearance which has been so raved about by passing tourists . Old residents , though not unwilling to hear their favourite State lauded - and ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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abundant accordingly Arctic Ocean Arctic regions Baffin Bay bear beaver boats British Columbia Brunswick California called camp Canada Canadian canoes Cascade range Cascades Cassell's Cheap Edition chief civilisation climate Cloth coast Coloured Danish Davis Strait east Eastern England Eskimo feet fish fjords forest fur animals fur countries fur-trade glacier Greenland ground horses Hudson Bay Company hunter ice-fields icebergs Illustrated Indians interior killed Klamath Lake land latitude live logs Manitoba marten miles narwhal natives North America North-West northern Nova Scotia Ontario Oregon Pacific pine Polar portion prairie province Quebec Railway range reindeer River rocks Rocky Mountains sail seal season seen settlement settlers ship shores side skin snow soil sometimes species Spitzbergen Strait streams summer territory timber trade trapper traps traveller trees tribes valley Vancouver Island vessel vicinity Vols walrus West western whale wild winter woods