. 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. I v.':.;s AMuMi iiiaii;ii(j,,i. CHAPTER [V. AROTIO MARINE ANIMALS. I'Dimluiisniss f>(' the Arctic Seas—The (iniiilMi il —The Fin - TJH! Niifwliil—Till' liciiif,'!, or Wliito Dolphin Tiiu lllnck Doljiliin Iliswlml,- ^ilc on tiio Fiu-roc Isliuuls—Tho Ore or Uriinipiis 'I'lic Tli. Walrus—Its ai'uic Snu'il History of a yoiiii;; Walrus raruntal AtU'cliun—Tin I'olar Jiwir -llis Saf,Mi,'it}-
. 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. I v.':.;s AMuMi iiiaii;ii(j,,i. CHAPTER [V. AROTIO MARINE ANIMALS. I'Dimluiisniss f>(' the Arctic Seas—The (iniiilMi il —The Fin - TJH! Niifwliil—Till' liciiif,'!, or Wliito Dolphin Tiiu lllnck Doljiliin Iliswlml,- ^ilc on tiio Fiu-roc Isliuuls—Tho Ore or Uriinipiis 'I'lic Tli. Walrus—Its ai'uic Snu'il History of a yoiiii;; Walrus raruntal AtU'cliun—Tin I'olar Jiwir -llis Saf,Mi,'it}-—lliliLrnatiuu of the .Sho-Lit.'iir -Sea JJinls. rilllK vast nuiltitiules of uiiiiiuited beiiiys wliioh people tin- 1- Poliir seas tbrm a veniiU-kable contrast to the nakedness of 1 heir bleak a iid desolate shores. The eitlder snrfaee-waters ahnost per[ exposed to a chilly air, and fr<'(|iiently covered, even iu siiinnier, 'Aith Uoatini^' iee, are indeed iiii- favonrable to the development of or^^anic life ; but this adverse intlnenco is nje)ditied by the higher teniperatnre which con- stantly [»revails at a j^'reater de[)tli ; for, contrary to what takes place in the equatorial seas, we hnd in the I'olar oceiiii an increase of temperature from the sin-faci' downwards, in conseijuence of the warmer undi-r-ciu-rents, llowin^- from tin- south northwards, and jtassiny beneath the cold waters «)f Uic t:.uperlicial Ai\Tic 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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