Category: Polar Regions

Pole to Pole (Natural World)

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Bellingshausen then made for the South Shetlands, where he met the American sealers, and thence returned to Russia. Lying ten miles off the coastline, and swept by treacherous ocean currents, the trio of small islands provided a perfect isolated location for incarcerating criminals without danger or expense, since the shark-infested sea and the trackless jungles ashore precluded any possibility of escape. Some of this useful talent our hero had, however, acquired during his military service, and on this gross provocation it began seriously to arise. ``Look ye, sir; I came here for my own accommodation, and not to answer impertinent questions.
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Arctic Aesop's Fables: Twelve Retold Tales (PAWS IV)

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You will be given a choice of maps to see. You can then zoom in or out or pan up and down to see the area. Captain Vitus Bering, a Dane, was appointed by Peter the Great to command an expedition in 1725. Scenic cruising El Brujo Glacier: Scenic Cruising Gulf of Corcovado: The towns are largely built of abundant local woods, and many houses are elaborately shingled in intricate designs. Observed loss rates are compared and shown to be consistent with available global circulation models.
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How to Survive in the Arctic and Antarctica (Tough Guides

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Autumn travelling parties were despatched in September and October to lay out depots; and during the winter a complete scheme was matured for the examination of as much of the unknown area as possible, by the combined efforts of sledging parties from the two ships, in the ensuing spring. But what gave the people the highest idea of him, was the negative he gave to a thing that very nearly concerned his interest, and upon which the success of his enterprise perhaps depended.
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Polar Seas Encyclopedia Coloring Book

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In Section 3 we discuss the physical parameters of the vacuum gap. To survive in the freezing water, these fish produce a natural antifreeze. Their voices were also similar in tone, though differing in the key. Numerical calculations are performed for the model proposed by Livio (1984), in which matter accreted onto the polar caps of a magnetized white dwarf causes repeated breaking of the magnetic-field lines; the method is based (by analogy) on the analysis of magnetic-field disruption in magnetized neutron stars of Hameury et al. (1983).
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Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear!

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Monitoring the dynamic response of the Greenland ice cap and the Antarctic ice sheet, would be important components of a long-term effort to observe climate change on a global scale. The Gulf Stream can still be felt this far north, and even during the coldest winter months, the approaches to Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard, remain accessible. He made three voyages in three successive years, aided and fitted out by William Sanderson and other merchants.
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I Wonder Why Penguins Can't Fly: And Other Questions About

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That will be the reality of your daily life after the forthcoming polar reversal. Protected areas are internationally recognised as major tools in conserving species and ecosystems, and up to date information on protected areas is essential to fully enable conservation and development activities. In this study, for the first time we detected the presence of rickettsiae from the spotted fever group in Serbia. If he came into the room, she of the four Miss Rubricks who chanced to be next Rose was sure to recollect that her thimble, or her scissors, were at the other end of the room, in order to leave the seat nearest to Miss Bradwardine vacant for his occupation.
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Polar Bear (Animals in Danger)

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Before I begin this Instructable, I must remind you all of something; I have not yet finished developing control software for it. With this future coronet glittering before his eyes, Fergus plunged deeply into the correspondence and plots of that unhappy period; and, like all such active agents, easily reconciled his conscience to going certain lengths in the service of his party, from which honour and pride would have deterred him had his sole object been the direct advancement of his own personal interest.
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Snowy Owls (Polar Animals)

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After incorporating dynamic lateral boundary conditions (LBCs) from a global CTM, a regional CTM's representation of present-day U. In one mystical expedition, you’ll experience the wonder of the wilderness of these two historic islands. • Explore the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site • Visit Sam Ford Fjord, one of the most beautiful and isolated places on the planet Day 2 – Embarkation Day in Iqaluit, Nunavut After breakfast, board our charter flight to Iqaluit, where your first Zodiac ride will transfer you from shore to ship.
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The Little Fox: An Alaska Adventure

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Thus out of the whole ring of 8640 miles along which the Arctic Circle passes about 900 miles is over water. Even small modifications, of less than a percent, of the huge amount of carbon contained in soils may lead to sources or sinks of greenhouse gases that could be significant relative to those released by fossil fuel combustion. In Greenland, long-term seismic monitoring of the ice sheet will be used to establish a baseline for the seismic activity in Arctic polar region.
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After the Last Dog Died : The True-Life, Hair-Raising

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Although Flora was sincerely attached to her brother, whose high energies might indeed have commanded her admiration even without the ties which bound them together, she was by no means blind to his faults, which she considered as dangerous to the hopes of any woman who should found her ideas of a happy marriage in the peaceful enjoyment of domestic society, and the exchange of mutual and engrossing affection.
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