. 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. 1875 DOG-D1!I VERS. cs;- â "} without the aid of a friend enticing the dogs on with a ])iece of meat. After struggling on for about lialf a mile they invariably obtained their own way, dragging their would-be-guiders through many water-pools hi spite of the frequent application of the long hide whij) which, in inexperienced hands, was more frequently felt by the riders than the
. 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. 1875 DOG-D1!I VERS. cs;- â "} without the aid of a friend enticing the dogs on with a ])iece of meat. After struggling on for about lialf a mile they invariably obtained their own way, dragging their would-be-guiders through many water-pools hi spite of the frequent application of the long hide whij) which, in inexperienced hands, was more frequently felt by the riders than the dogs. :'he us, ^he lout )Ot- run. an 1 the ;ted. AMATEUH IJOO-DHIVERS. A sounding was obtained in forty-six ftithoms, hard bottom ; the surface temperature was 32°, the minimum temperature between the surface and the bottom being 29°-5. During the night, ice formed on all the water- pools and remained unmelted in shady places during the day. In high latitudes, during the summer, owing to the height of the sun above the northern horizon, the temperature does not fall much at midnight. Conse- quently the young ice does not form so early in the U 1'. 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 Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915; Feilden, H. W. (Henry Wemyss). London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
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