. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. M A .MOONLiailT NIOIIT IN THE ATUOSrilERIC rnENOMENON IN TIIK ARCTIC UEOIONS :—REFLECTION OK IC'KUERUS. transported out of the sphere of ordinary, coninionplaec existence. The deadly and sombre deserts of the Polo seem like those uncreated voids which ^lilton has placed between the realms of life and death. The very animals arc affec
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. M A .MOONLiailT NIOIIT IN THE ATUOSrilERIC rnENOMENON IN TIIK ARCTIC UEOIONS :—REFLECTION OK IC'KUERUS. transported out of the sphere of ordinary, coninionplaec existence. The deadly and sombre deserts of the Polo seem like those uncreated voids which ^lilton has placed between the realms of life and death. The very animals arc affected by the profound melancholy which saddens the face of Nature. Will) can read without emotion the following passages from Di'. Kane's Journal ?— " October 28, Friday.—The moon has reached her greatest northern declination of about 25° 35'. She is a glorious object; sweeping around the heavens, at the lowest part of her curve she is still 14" above the horizon. For eight days she has been making her circuit with nearly unvarying brightness. It is one of those sparkling nights that bring back the memory of sleigh- bells and songs and glad communings of hearts in lands that are far away. " The weather outside is at 25' below ; A few days later, and the heroic explorer writes:— -SBS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London; New York : T. Nelson
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