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The Polar regions
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Progress of discovery in Arctic from 52 B.C. to Franklin search expeditions ending 1859. Arranged chronologically and by region. Includes chapters on Svalbard, polar currents, ice, winds, temperatu...
Progress of discovery in Arctic from 52 B.C. to Franklin search expeditions ending 1859. Arranged chronologically and by region. Includes chapters on Svalbard, polar currents, ice, winds, temperature, vegetation, zoology, geology, and native people. Progress of discovery in Antarctic is briefly described.
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- Creator
- by Sir John Richardson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1861
- Edinburgh: Printed by R and R Clark
- Physical Details
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- x, 400 pages : folded map ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm02666406, ocm02666406
- "The present work is founded on an article written for the last edition of the Encyclopaedia britannica under the same title."--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.