The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... shores of Behring Strait we find nothing which we can dignify by the name of trees . Nor must we suppose that even for a considerable distance outside of the Arctic Circle is the country less worthy of the name of the Frozen Lands than ...
... shores of Behring Strait we find nothing which we can dignify by the name of trees . Nor must we suppose that even for a considerable distance outside of the Arctic Circle is the country less worthy of the name of the Frozen Lands than ...
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... shores are inhabited by numerous Eskimo , most of whom remove in the summer to the cutlet of the sound , to be near the whalers . The land ice generally lies at this period for several miles off the shore , so that it is difficult to ...
... shores are inhabited by numerous Eskimo , most of whom remove in the summer to the cutlet of the sound , to be near the whalers . The land ice generally lies at this period for several miles off the shore , so that it is difficult to ...
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... shores of the Arctic Sea ; we who shared its stirring enterprises , and floated down far western rivers in its birch - back canoes ; who have been honoured by seeing our names carved on tamarac " lobsticks " on the Albany River , and on ...
... shores of the Arctic Sea ; we who shared its stirring enterprises , and floated down far western rivers in its birch - back canoes ; who have been honoured by seeing our names carved on tamarac " lobsticks " on the Albany River , and on ...
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