. 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. AN ALEt'
. 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. AN ALEt' CHAPTER XXV. BERING SEAâTIIK RUSSIAN FUR COMPANYâTHE ALEUTS. DerinRSea.âI'lmlaska.âTliB I'ribilow Islands.âSt. Matthew.âSt. Ijiuroncc.âIkrinR'o Strait*.âTlif Kiir ("oinpaiiy.â'I'Iip .Mfiils.âTlieir ("liuractcr.â'I'lirir Skill and Iiitr('|)iility in liiintiii(,' tin' Soa-ottcr.âThe Soa-bcar.â'-cliasitiK. â |.;litcr.âTln! Sea-lion. T>KIlIN(r SEA is extremely interestins: in a point of view,as -â -' tlie teinj)erature of its coasts and islands exliibils so striking; a contrast with that part of the Arctic Ocean which extends between (Ireenlaml, Ictlaml, Norway, and Spitzbcriien, and affords us the most convincing jtroof of tlic })enefils we owe to the (liilf Stream, and to the mild south-westerly winds which sweep across the Atlantic. While through the sea between Icilaiid and Scotland, a part of the warmth generated in tlie tropical zone jjcnctratcs by means of marine and aerial currents as far as Spitzbergen and the wcstciii coast of Nova Zembla, the Sea of Hcring is completely deprived of this advan- tage. The lo' g chain of mountainous islands which bounds it on the suiilli serves as a ban ier against the mild influence of the Pacific, and instead ot warm streams with its waters, many considerable rivers and deeji bays yearly diseh:.rge into it enormous masses of ice. Thus .as soon as the nav
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