The Broad, Broad Ocean, and Some of Its Inhabitants ... With Original Illustrations |
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... ocean -- Currents - The Gulf - Stream Wind- Its effects on climate - Scylla and Charybdis - Tides waves - Crossing of waves - Depth of the ocean - Colour - Milky Seas -Divisions of the ocean - Atlantic , Pacific , Indian , Arctic , and Ant- ...
... ocean -- Currents - The Gulf - Stream Wind- Its effects on climate - Scylla and Charybdis - Tides waves - Crossing of waves - Depth of the ocean - Colour - Milky Seas -Divisions of the ocean - Atlantic , Pacific , Indian , Arctic , and Ant- ...
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... Arctic " -Reason of the cold in the Polar regions - Dangers from floating ice — Fearful incident in the frozen seas - Perils encoun- tered by Arctic voyagers 20-30 CHAPTER III . ICEBERGS . Icebergs among the wonders of the ocean world ...
... Arctic " -Reason of the cold in the Polar regions - Dangers from floating ice — Fearful incident in the frozen seas - Perils encoun- tered by Arctic voyagers 20-30 CHAPTER III . ICEBERGS . Icebergs among the wonders of the ocean world ...
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... Arctic seas from ice— Loss of the " Princess Charlotte ” -Wonderful instance of preservation of the whale - ship " Trafalgar " -Calamities of a whaling squadron- Escape of Captain Scoresby - Operation of flensing . CHAPTER VIII . THE ...
... Arctic seas from ice— Loss of the " Princess Charlotte ” -Wonderful instance of preservation of the whale - ship " Trafalgar " -Calamities of a whaling squadron- Escape of Captain Scoresby - Operation of flensing . CHAPTER VIII . THE ...
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... OCEAN . A sea covered with weeds - An object of terror during the voyages of Columbus - The Gulf - weed - A refuge for ... Arctic seas - Floating by means of air - vessels - Great length of some species -Sea - weed cables - Enormous ...
... OCEAN . A sea covered with weeds - An object of terror during the voyages of Columbus - The Gulf - weed - A refuge for ... Arctic seas - Floating by means of air - vessels - Great length of some species -Sea - weed cables - Enormous ...
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... Ocean arising from refraction - Fall of icy particles - Their remarkable beauty - Parhelia , or mock suns Singular phenomenon observed in the Arctic seas- -Splendour of an Arctic sunset - Ice - blink —Tide - rip — Luminosity of the ocean ...
... Ocean arising from refraction - Fall of icy particles - Their remarkable beauty - Parhelia , or mock suns Singular phenomenon observed in the Arctic seas- -Splendour of an Arctic sunset - Ice - blink —Tide - rip — Luminosity of the ocean ...
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animal appearance Arctic Arctic circle Arctic seas Atlantic Atlantic Ocean attached beautiful birds blow boat body bottom called Captain capture chapter chimæra coast colour continent coral coral reefs crew curious danger deck deep depth distance eight escape eyes fearful feet in length fins fish fishermen floating floe frequently Greenland Greenland Sea Gulf of Mexico Gulf-Stream harpoon head huge hundred icebergs immense inches Indian Ocean inhabitants islands jaws land lighthouse marine mass miles minute molluscs monster mouth navigators nearly Northern seas observed Pacific Pacific Ocean pearls perils pieces prey reef regions remarkable rocks Rorqual round sailing sailors Scoresby sea-weeds seal seamen seen shark shells ship shores side skin sometimes South Southern Southern Ocean species sperm whale spermaceti struck surface swimming tail teeth thick thousand tide twenty vast vessel voyage walrus waves whale fishery wind wonderful wounded young