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Winter , properly so called , prevails during nine months of the year . In October the cold is some- what mitigated by thick fogs , and by the vapour rising from the freezing sea ; but in November the intense cold begins , and in ...
Winter , properly so called , prevails during nine months of the year . In October the cold is some- what mitigated by thick fogs , and by the vapour rising from the freezing sea ; but in November the intense cold begins , and in ...
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... winter hummocks . They had been form- ed during the last winter , as well as in the preceding spring and autumn , when the ice , broken by violent storms , is heaped up and cemented together by the intense cold . On getting clear of ...
... winter hummocks . They had been form- ed during the last winter , as well as in the preceding spring and autumn , when the ice , broken by violent storms , is heaped up and cemented together by the intense cold . On getting clear of ...
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winter resembles , on a smaller scale , that of the step- pes or tundras of the continent , the hummocks ta- king the place of the hills and mountains on the land , and the open spaces , or polynji , and the fissures representing the ...
winter resembles , on a smaller scale , that of the step- pes or tundras of the continent , the hummocks ta- king the place of the hills and mountains on the land , and the open spaces , or polynji , and the fissures representing the ...
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CHAPTER V | 97 |
CHAPTER VI | 114 |
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