The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... western side of Baffin Bay , Melville Island , & c . Sir John Richardson will even include Greenland , but this is erroneous . Greenland is certainly one of the great regions of the Arctic Highlands . In America and in Siberia the level ...
... western side of Baffin Bay , Melville Island , & c . Sir John Richardson will even include Greenland , but this is erroneous . Greenland is certainly one of the great regions of the Arctic Highlands . In America and in Siberia the level ...
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... Western Utah and Nevada from 4,000 to 5,000 feet , while north of the Humboldt River , where the waters divide , it exceeds 4,000 feet . It is divided into two unequal portions by the Wahsatch Mountains , whose highest summits reach ...
... Western Utah and Nevada from 4,000 to 5,000 feet , while north of the Humboldt River , where the waters divide , it exceeds 4,000 feet . It is divided into two unequal portions by the Wahsatch Mountains , whose highest summits reach ...
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... western by the Cordilleras of northern America — a part of that great system or chain of mountains which borders the Pacific coast of both divisions of the continent , and forms its dominating and most imposing feature . These systems ...
... western by the Cordilleras of northern America — a part of that great system or chain of mountains which borders the Pacific coast of both divisions of the continent , and forms its dominating and most imposing feature . These systems ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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