The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... winter , though encumbered with floating ice derived from the Spitzbergen ice - stream - a current which passes from the vicinity of Spitzbergen down the east coast of Greenland , and upon the west coast to about Holstensborg , where it ...
... winter , though encumbered with floating ice derived from the Spitzbergen ice - stream - a current which passes from the vicinity of Spitzbergen down the east coast of Greenland , and upon the west coast to about Holstensborg , where it ...
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... winter . The fox and the hare alike put on their snowy coats , so as to be almost undistinguishable from the white surface of the ground . The ptarmigan also alters its plumage to white in the winter , as do some other birds to a ...
... winter . The fox and the hare alike put on their snowy coats , so as to be almost undistinguishable from the white surface of the ground . The ptarmigan also alters its plumage to white in the winter , as do some other birds to a ...
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... winter there is the seal hunt , and even sometimes a wandering Polar bear ( p . 137 ) , which has put the naturalists to shame by wandering about in the winter , in spite of their assertions to the contrary , may be surprised and ...
... winter there is the seal hunt , and even sometimes a wandering Polar bear ( p . 137 ) , which has put the naturalists to shame by wandering about in the winter , in spite of their assertions to the contrary , may be surprised and ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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