The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... vessel , in my homely simile , are the outlying islands , or " outskirts ; " the viscous matter in the vessel the inland ice , the additional matter continually being poured in in the form of the enormous snow covering which , winter ...
... vessel , in my homely simile , are the outlying islands , or " outskirts ; " the viscous matter in the vessel the inland ice , the additional matter continually being poured in in the form of the enormous snow covering which , winter ...
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... vessel arrives home . The number killed is sometimes enormous : vessels have arrived in Dundee with as many as 22,000 seals , the product of only a few weeks ' slaughter . Of late years an attempt has been made to get the different ...
... vessel arrives home . The number killed is sometimes enormous : vessels have arrived in Dundee with as many as 22,000 seals , the product of only a few weeks ' slaughter . Of late years an attempt has been made to get the different ...
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... vessel more fortunate picks them up . Sometimes the vessel is only " nipped , " and for the rest of the voyage its effects are seen in the cabin - doors not being able to be shut , and so on . At other times the vessel may be buoyed up ...
... vessel more fortunate picks them up . Sometimes the vessel is only " nipped , " and for the rest of the voyage its effects are seen in the cabin - doors not being able to be shut , and so on . At other times the vessel may be buoyed up ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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