The Arctic World: its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena
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- Author
- Anonymous
- Title
- The Arctic World : Its plants, animals, and natural phenomena. With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery, down to the British polar expedition: 1875-76.
- Original Publication
- London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1876.
- Credits
- Brian Coe, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72123
- Release Date
- November 14, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ARCTIC WORLD: ITS PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND NATURAL PHENOMENA.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.List of Illustrations.
- 5.CHAPTER I. THE NORTH POLE—THRESHOLD OF THE UNKNOWN WORLD—THE CIRCUMPOLAR REGIONS—THE FLORA OF THE NORTH—LIFE IN THE POLAR WORLD—THE NORTH-WEST AND NORTH-EAST PASSAGES.
- 6.CHAPTER II. THE ARCTIC HEAVENS: ATMOSPHERIC AND METEORIC PHENOMENA.
- 7.CHAPTER III. THE POLAR SEAS: ICEBERGS—ICE-FLOES—THE SEAL—THE WALRUS THE NARWHAL—THE WHALE—SUNDRY FORMS OF MARINE LIFE.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. THE GLACIERS.
- 9.CHAPTER V. THE ARCTIC LANDS—FAUNA—FLORA—GREENLAND—ICELAND—NOVAIA ZEMLAIA—SIBERIA.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. ICELAND AND THE ICELANDERS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. THE ESKIMOS.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. LAPLAND AND THE LAPPS.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. THE SAMOJEDES AND OTHER TRIBES OF ARCTIC ASIA.
- 14.CHAPTER X. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY.
- 15.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:
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