. 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. iiicirial Kniii- ill M 'rrliiiKl.'l â <jv Tcliiiki.'!,! KtUIlilt'd liv <tf HcliriiiL;' Th.' IrU rdiiKiiilmv the (';irtli. IC'ctcil ill ;i Olll tll.'iV i^ s ill iilxiiit ' north iiiv ever, ciijov Vitlk'vs lire ids ; wliilc if bircli nr lid liclirii -. ^^ Tiii: lAii; oi' ;. I'nO The rastcni, iinrtli-fMst'-ni. and iilsu tin' smit licni cd.'ts iilxuiiid with wah'iisi'S, scii-liiiiis and seals, wliilr t
. 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. iiicirial Kniii- ill M 'rrliiiKl.'l â <jv Tcliiiki.'!,! KtUIlilt'd liv <tf HcliriiiL;' Th.' IrU rdiiKiiilmv the (';irtli. IC'ctcil ill ;i Olll tll.'iV i^ s ill iilxiiit ' north iiiv ever, ciijov Vitlk'vs lire ids ; wliilc if bircli nr lid liclirii -. ^^ Tiii: lAii; oi' ;. I'nO The rastcni, iinrtli-fMst'-ni. and iilsu tin' smit licni cd.'ts iilxuiiid with wah'iisi'S, scii-liiiiis and seals, wliilr tin' iiimlt'tT, the iir^iili, tin- wolf, and the Arctic I'ox (nciipv tin' l;iiiih During' the short suiniiior, ^('cso, swans, diKd<s, and wiidiiiu' hirds IVt'quciit, the marshy ^'rounds ; hut in winter the siiow-owl and tlie raven alone remain, and cuustantly fellow tlie piith of the iioiiiadie inhahitants. In this (h'solato nook of the Old World lives the only iilMiriyimil (tf Nortii Asia whieh has kiatwu hrnd of its iiHle|)eiideiiee, looks down witli soverel^'n eontempt ii|ioii its ivlalioiis, the Korjaks, who, without o|ferin;4' any resistance, have yiekh'd to the anthority of llnssia. The rulers of Siberia have indeed confined tlie Tchiiktclii within narrower limitsâImt here at least they obey no foreiiiii ruler, and wander unmolested by the straiiy;er, with their iiuiiieroiis reind(>er herds, over tlie naked tundras. A natural distrust of their powerful iieiy'liboiirs has reiideretl them loiiLi' Miiwilline- to enter into any coinim.'rcial interccnirse with the Russians and to meet them at the fair of ()strown(»je, a small lewn, situated not far from their frontiers, on a small island ef the AiiiiiJ, in (]<S° N. hit. This reiiKjtest tradine'-place of the Old World is not so iiiiiiii[)ortaiit as mi|^'ht lie siipiiosed from the sterile nature ef the country, for the Tcluiktchi are not satisfied, like the indolent Lapps or Samojerty liy an active trade.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectzoology, bookyear1892
