The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... remarkable ; " vessels ( p . 41 ) or land , which are known to be far out of sight , and , properly speaking , below the horizon , are seen hove up in the air by refraction . The irregular masses of floating ice become dazzling cities ...
... remarkable ; " vessels ( p . 41 ) or land , which are known to be far out of sight , and , properly speaking , below the horizon , are seen hove up in the air by refraction . The irregular masses of floating ice become dazzling cities ...
Page 86
... remarkable ; one moment you see a hundred grisly heads and long gleaming white tusks above the waves : they give one spout from their blow - holes [ nostrils ] , take one breath of fresh air , and the next moment you see a hundred brown ...
... remarkable ; one moment you see a hundred grisly heads and long gleaming white tusks above the waves : they give one spout from their blow - holes [ nostrils ] , take one breath of fresh air , and the next moment you see a hundred brown ...
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... remarkable case was related to him — namely , of the skipper of a ship , who had been seized by a bereaved cow walrus , and by her dragged twice to the bottom of the sea , without sustaining any other injury beyond being nearly drowned ...
... remarkable case was related to him — namely , of the skipper of a ship , who had been seized by a bereaved cow walrus , and by her dragged twice to the bottom of the sea , without sustaining any other injury beyond being nearly drowned ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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