. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. ARCTIC MA
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. ARCTIC MARINE ANIMALS. m Tlu' ciitiro coiistructlon was, so far as our means j)cnnittc(l, most offoctive ami rcsistiiii^. Vet tliose tiLjt'rs «tf the ieo yeeined hardly to have eiieoiiiitered an ohstaelc. Not a morsel of ]ieiiiniicaii remained, exeept in the iron eases, wliieii l)eiii<j{ round, with eonical ends, defied Itolli elaws and teeth. They had rolled and |ia\ved them in every direetion, tossini; them uhoiit like f»totballs, althouijh over inlity pounds in wei!j;ht. An alcohol ean, stroni^ly iron-ltound, was (lashed into small fragments, ami n tin can of litpior smaslied an<l twisted almost into a ball. The elaws of the heast had jterforated the metal and torn it up as with a chisel. They were too dainty for salt nu-ats ; ground (offeo tluy had an evident relish for; old canvas was a favorite, for some reason or other; even our flaj^, which had been reared 'to take possession' of the waste, was gnawed down to the very staff. They had made a regular frolic of it; rollinix our bread-barrels over the ice ; and, unable to masticate our heavy In(lia-rultl)er cloth, they had tied it up in nnimairinable hard ; Numliers of sea-birds arc found breeding ahmg (he Arctic shores as far as man has hitherto penetrated; soirc even keep the sea in tlu? high latitudes all the winter, wherever open water exists. On the most northern rocks the razor- bill rears its yoimg, and th
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