The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... covered with congealed snow , which clings to the feathery branches , or depends from them in jagged icicles , when the retiring sun begins alternately to melt and freeze the fleecy covering which has for so long shrouded the landscape ...
... covered with congealed snow , which clings to the feathery branches , or depends from them in jagged icicles , when the retiring sun begins alternately to melt and freeze the fleecy covering which has for so long shrouded the landscape ...
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... covered frozen lake ; but in the summer , by the melting of the snow , it is covered with pools and coursing streams of icy - cold water , which either find their way over the edge , or tumble with a hollow sound through the deep ...
... covered frozen lake ; but in the summer , by the melting of the snow , it is covered with pools and coursing streams of icy - cold water , which either find their way over the edge , or tumble with a hollow sound through the deep ...
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... covered with sedges and reeds ; but the marsh cypress , the water pines , the birch , the alder , and the poplar flourished there : for numerous fragments of these plants are covered by a ferru- ginous deposit . The water trefoil ...
... covered with sedges and reeds ; but the marsh cypress , the water pines , the birch , the alder , and the poplar flourished there : for numerous fragments of these plants are covered by a ferru- ginous deposit . The water trefoil ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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