The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... Northern Lights of the English mariner , the Nord Lys of the Danes , and the merry dancers which the Shetland fishermen so well know , as they shoot across the Northern skies - is one of the most familiar sights of the Arctic night . It ...
... Northern Lights of the English mariner , the Nord Lys of the Danes , and the merry dancers which the Shetland fishermen so well know , as they shoot across the Northern skies - is one of the most familiar sights of the Arctic night . It ...
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... Northern beleaguered forts of the fur countries we shall speak in succeeding chapters , and the life of the Siberian residents - free or bond - we may have occasion to touch on in a future volume . The aboriginal inhabitants of Polar ...
... Northern beleaguered forts of the fur countries we shall speak in succeeding chapters , and the life of the Siberian residents - free or bond - we may have occasion to touch on in a future volume . The aboriginal inhabitants of Polar ...
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... northern drainage basins . This great plain of Northern America , to which we shall have occasion yet to refer , when speaking of the parts of it politically under the United States , is divided through the centre artificially into ...
... northern drainage basins . This great plain of Northern America , to which we shall have occasion yet to refer , when speaking of the parts of it politically under the United States , is divided through the centre artificially into ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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