. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 1870 SNOW-Df.^r 221 to ;i (K'plll of two l"('('t, ;ili(l wllicll liild I'l'sistcd the Si'[)lc'iiil)c'f Mild (>rl()l»('f u iiids. liMs since (li<M|)])(':ifi'd, ]('!ivinu" llic Ln'oiiiid (|iiilc biiii'. iiiid ex|»()siii<^ to view nil iiiiiplc sii|»])ly of toiii's l"or (Mifii-hiiildiiiLf. Tlu' snow l)lowii iVoin \\\v upl;iiids li:is iifciiimil;it('(l on the owcr
. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 1870 SNOW-Df.^r 221 to ;i (K'plll of two l"('('t, ;ili(l wllicll liild I'l'sistcd the Si'[)lc'iiil)c'f Mild (>rl()l»('f u iiids. liMs since (li<M|)])(':ifi'd, ]('!ivinu" llic Ln'oiiiid (|iiilc biiii'. iiiid ex|»()siii<^ to view nil iiiiiplc sii|»])ly of toiii's l"or (Mifii-hiiildiiiLf. Tlu' snow l)lowii iVoin \\\v upl;iiids li:is iifciiimil;it('(l on the owcr ixroiinds inid on the ice. It cull now, liowevci scniToly be c;illc(l snow, lor it liiis lost jill I'csenihluncc to its origiiiiil fcatliciv composition, lionndcd oil' and icducL'd in size hv attrition while heiiiL*" dril'ted aloni' by the wind, it wonid be more appropiiate to desig- nate it snow-dnst. '.Vil iiaiids are employed in digging out the entrances to'• Greenwich'' and " ; Fortmmlely liie snow-honses were solidly built with blocks of snow two feet thick, for now tliiy are com|)letely buried in the snow slope which coxcrs the land at the foot of the hills. The passage ways between the magnetic houses weri' roofed with Hat slabs of extremely hard snow; these are now all bendinu^ down with their own weight and that of the sui)erineunibent snow, bnt fortunately when accumulating, the latter solidified sufHciently to form its own suj)|)ort, and we can now remove the original tlat roof without danger. 'tSince the early pai't of December wi' have ceased to be troubled by soft snow ; our walks are therefore only curtailed on account of want of li'dit and the fear of being caught at a distance from home with a sudden fall in temperature or a blinding snow-drift. 'The actual footing is hard enough, but that does not necessarily mean that the snow allords a level I'oad for walking on. Not only are there the .s<isfrn(/l or waves of siiow-drin lying in th
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