Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . THE CRIMSON CLIFFS. dred miles wide, conditions are so different and peculiarin this region of rapidly assembling meridians, that the. *»««te^aK 2a«fc*ij CONICAL ROCK. sun is as long in traversing this short distance as heis in pas
Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . THE CRIMSON CLIFFS. dred miles wide, conditions are so different and peculiarin this region of rapidly assembling meridians, that the. *»««te^aK 2a«fc*ij CONICAL ROCK. sun is as long in traversing this short distance as heis in passing from Halifax to New York. 446 Northward over the Great Ice The great Arctic night at the southern extremity ofthe country is one hundred and three days long, whileat the northern point it is one hundred and twenty-three. Comparatively slight as is the difference in latitudebetween the northern and southern limits of the region,the winter night is twenty days longer at the formerthan at the latter. Taking the mean latitude, it may
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