. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. TlIK ISLAM* or . MKVKX. l;if> Xorth Kiivcii, iin<l hiivinrt>visions mi^ht prohably have been savi'd, but rather than winter in the island the crew resolved to venture honu' a<,'ain in the boat. This was so snnill that one-half of them were oblij^-od to lie down on the bottom while the others rowed ; the antumn was already far ad- vanced, and they enconntered so sava^'e a storm, tluit an En^'lish ship they fel
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. TlIK ISLAM* or . MKVKX. l;if> Xorth Kiivcii, iin<l hiivinrt>visions mi^ht prohably have been savi'd, but rather than winter in the island the crew resolved to venture honu' a<,'ain in the boat. This was so snnill that one-half of them were oblij^-od to lie down on the bottom while the others rowed ; the antumn was already far ad- vanced, and they enconntered so sava^'e a storm, tluit an En^'lish ship they fell in with at the North Cape vaiidy endeavoured to take them on board. After a ten days' voyaj^'e, however, they safely arrived at Maf;'en'», thus provin<^ the truth of the old saylno- that " Fortune favours the ; The distance from Bear Island to North Cape is about sixty nautical miles. In a straight line between Spitzberf^en and Iceland lies Jan Meyen, Avhich, exposed to the cold Creenland current, almost perpetually veiled with mists, and surrounded by drift ice, wouhl scarcely ever be disturl)ed in its dreary solitude but for the numerous walrus and seal herds that fre([uent its shores. The ice-bears and the wild sea birds are its only inhal)itants ; once some Dutchmen attempted to Avinter there, but the scurvy SAvept them all away. Its most remarkable features are the volcano Eskand the huge moun- tain Beerenborg-, towering- to the height of 0,870 feet, with seven enormous glaciers sweeping- down its sides into the sea. lat in ay of w !«. The 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 Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880. London : Longmans, Green
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