. 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. X't'ssel liRea out, oi cnc Water by Ice. CHAPTER II [. THE ARCTIC SKAS. '- iccuhar to Ih AiTtii- Sea—L' -irnnunock'^ - Coll 1> •'—Ii^o-bcrys—'J'luir Oi'iicin—Their Si 'L'ht' (ilacicTs wliicii fj:iv:s—Trans pare iiey (it til.' Atinospliere—riienomena of luflectiou ami Refraetiou—Ca usis wliieli ]ivvtiit the Accumulation of Polar Ice—Tides—Currents—Ice a bad Cunduetor of IKat—Wise Provisions of Nature. |rrilK heart
. 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. X't'ssel liRea out, oi cnc Water by Ice. CHAPTER II [. THE ARCTIC SKAS. '- iccuhar to Ih AiTtii- Sea—L' -irnnunock'^ - Coll 1> •'—Ii^o-bcrys—'J'luir Oi'iicin—Their Si 'L'ht' (ilacicTs wliicii fj:iv:s—Trans pare iiey (it til.' Atinospliere—riienomena of luflectiou ami Refraetiou—Ca usis wliieli ]ivvtiit the Accumulation of Polar Ice—Tides—Currents—Ice a bad Cunduetor of IKat—Wise Provisions of Nature. |rrilK heart of the first n!ivi<jfator, says Horace, must have X boon shickled with throelbld brass—and yet the poet kiK.'w Imt the sunny Mediterranean, with its tepid Hoods and smiling- shores: liow, then, woukl he liave found words to express his iistdiiishnient at the intrepid seamen who, to open noAv vistas t<i sciiiice or new roads to coninierce, first ventured to face the imkiiown terrors of the Arctic main":^ Til (Very part of the ocean the mariner has to jiniard aij-ainst jtlic perils of hidden shoals and sunken cliffs, but the hi'h iKirtliorn waters are doubly and trebly dano-erous ; for here, |l)t'sides those rocks whieh are firmly rooted to the ^Tonnd,. 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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