The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . le auroras;the phenomenon in the case of their winterings has not formedany distinctive trait of the Polar winter night. It was the lessto be expected that the Vega expedition would form an excep-tion in this respect, as its voyage happened during one of the water, in which we went wading to the knees. The Lapps in generalawait these warm westerly winds before they go to the fells inspring. Until these winds begin there is no pasture there for their rein-deer her
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . le auroras;the phenomenon in the case of their winterings has not formedany distinctive trait of the Polar winter night. It was the lessto be expected that the Vega expedition would form an excep-tion in this respect, as its voyage happened during one of the water, in which we went wading to the knees. The Lapps in generalawait these warm westerly winds before they go to the fells inspring. Until these winds begin there is no pasture there for their rein-deer herds. 1 I do not include La Recherches wintering in 1838-39 at Bosekop, in thenorthernmost part of Norway, as it took place in a region which is all theyear round inhabited by hundreds of Europeans. During this expeditionvery splendid auroras were seen, and the studies of them by LoTTJN,Bravais, LilliehOok, and Sujestrom, are among the most importantcontributions to a knowledge of the aurora we possess, while we haveto thank the draughtsmen of the expedition for exceedingly faithful andmasterly representations of the
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