The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . time thawed by rubbing the injuredpart with the hand, or with melting snow, may readily becomevery serious. Most of those who for the first time took part ^ According to H. Wilds newly-publislied large work, Die TemperaturVerh>iltiiii<se des Ruttsischen Jieiches, 2e Halfte, St. Petersburg, 1881, theOld Worlds cold-[)ole lies in the neighbourhood of the town Werchojansk(67° 34 133 51 from Greenwich). The mean tenijjerature of thedifferent months an
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . time thawed by rubbing the injuredpart with the hand, or with melting snow, may readily becomevery serious. Most of those who for the first time took part ^ According to H. Wilds newly-publislied large work, Die TemperaturVerh>iltiiii<se des Ruttsischen Jieiches, 2e Halfte, St. Petersburg, 1881, theOld Worlds cold-[)ole lies in the neighbourhood of the town Werchojansk(67° 34 133 51 from Greenwich). The mean tenijjerature of thedifferent months and of the whole year is given in the note at page 411. Ifthe data on which these figures rest are correct, the winter at Werchojanskis immensely colder than at the Vegas winter station. 358 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. in a wintering in the high nortli, were, when the lirst coldoccurred, more or less frostbitten, on several occasions so thatthere arose high frost-blisters filled with bloody water, severalsquare centimetres in extent, but fortunately never to such adegree that any serious bad results followed. After we, new-. IHE WINTER DRESS OF THE ? VEliA MEN, comers to the Polar regions, warned by experience, became morecareful, such frostbites occurred but seldom. Nor did thereoccur a single case of frostbite in the feet. To this conducedour clothing, which was adapted to the climate, and, besides good X.] THE WINTER DRESS. 359 wiuter clothes of the sort commonly used in Sweden, consisted ofthe following articles of dress brought with us specially for usein the high north :— 1. An abundant stock of good woollen under-clothing. 2. A carefully made blouse of sailcloth, provided with manypockets, intended to be drawn over the ordinary seamans dressas a protection against wind and drifting snow. This proved tobe very suitable for the purpose for which it was intended, andwas much liked by the crew. 3. A Lapp pcsk with leggings was not so often used, becauseit was so warm tha
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