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The Polar World A popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe

Hartwig, G. (Georg) · Public domain text

228,578 words · about 16 h to read

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Author
G. Hartwig (1813–1880)
Language
English
Subjects
Natural history, Antarctica, Arctic regions, Arctic peoples
Length
228,578 words · about 16 h
Sections
86 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (86)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 2 min
  3. I. THE ARCTIC LANDS under 1 min
  4. II. ARCTIC LAND QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS under 1 min
  5. III. THE ARCTIC SEAS under 1 min
  6. IV. ARCTIC MARINE ANIMALS under 1 min
  7. V. ICELAND under 1 min
  8. VI. HISTORY OF ICELAND under 1 min
  9. VII. THE ICELANDERS under 1 min
  10. VIII. THE WESTMAN ISLANDS under 1 min
  11. IX. FROM DRONTHEIM TO THE NORTH CAPE under 1 min
  12. X. SPITZBERGEN--BEAR ISLAND--JAN MEYEN under 1 min
  13. XI. NOVA ZEMBLA under 1 min
  14. XII. THE LAPPS under 1 min
  15. XIII. MATTHIAS ALEXANDER CASTRÉN under 1 min
  16. XIV. THE SAMOÏEDES under 1 min
  17. XV. THE OSTIAKS under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  19. XVII. SIBERIA--FUR-TRADE AND GOLD-DIGGINGS under 1 min
  20. XVIII. MIDDENDORFF’S ADVENTURES IN TAIMURLAND under 1 min
  21. XIX. THE JAKUTS under 1 min
  22. XX. WRANGELL under 1 min
  23. XXI. THE TUNGUSI under 1 min
  24. XXII. GEORGE WILLIAM STELLER under 1 min
  25. XXIII. KAMCHATKA under 1 min
  26. XXIV. THE TCHUKTCHI under 1 min
  27. XXV. BERING SEA--THE RUSSIAN FUR COMPANY--THE ALEUTS under 1 min
  28. XXVI. ALASKA under 1 min
  29. XXVII. THE ESQUIMAUX under 1 min
  30. XXVIII. THE FUR-TRADE OF THE HUDSON’S BAY TERRITORIES under 1 min
  31. XXIX. THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK under 1 min
  32. XXX. THE TINNÉ INDIANS under 1 min
  33. XXXI. THE LOUCHEUX, OR KUTCHIN INDIANS under 1 min
  34. XXXII. ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, FROM THE CABOTS TO BAFFIN under 1 min
  35. XXXIII. ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, FROM BAFFIN TO M’CLINTOCK under 1 min
  36. XXXIV. KANE AND HAYES under 1 min
  37. XXXV. NEWFOUNDLAND under 1 min
  38. XXXVI. GREENLAND under 1 min
  39. XXXVII. THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN under 1 min
  40. XXXVIII. ANTARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY under 1 min
  41. XXXIX. THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN under 1 min
  42. XL. PATAGONIA AND THE PATAGONIANS under 1 min
  43. XLI. THE FUEGIANS under 1 min
  44. XLII. CHARLES FRANCIS HALL AND THE INNUITS about 5 min
  45. I. THE ARCTIC LANDS about 21 min
  46. II. ARCTIC LAND QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS about 19 min
  47. III. THE ARCTIC SEAS about 17 min
  48. IV. ARCTIC MARINE ANIMALS about 15 min
  49. V. ICELAND about 37 min
  50. VI. HISTORY OF ICELAND about 19 min
  51. VII. THE ICELANDERS about 29 min
  52. VIII. THE WESTMAN ISLANDS about 9 min
  53. IX. FROM DRONTHEIM TO THE NORTH CAPE about 20 min
  54. X. SPITZBERGEN--BEAR ISLAND--JAN MEYEN about 28 min
  55. XI. NOVA ZEMBLA about 21 min
  56. XII. THE LAPPS about 27 min
  57. XIII. MATTHIAS ALEXANDER CASTRÉN about 24 min
  58. XIV. THE SAMOÏEDES about 12 min
  59. XV. THE OSTIAKS about 10 min
  60. Chapter XVI about 23 min
  61. XVII. SIBERIA--FUR-TRADE AND GOLD-DIGGINGS about 34 min
  62. XVIII. MIDDENDORFF’S ADVENTURES IN TAIMURLAND about 18 min
  63. XIX. THE JAKUTS about 10 min
  64. XX. WRANGELL about 25 min
  65. XXI. THE TUNGUSI about 8 min
  66. XXII. GEORGE WILLIAM STELLER about 13 min
  67. XXIII. KAMCHATKA about 11 min
  68. XXIV. THE TCHUKTCHI about 12 min
  69. XXV. BERING SEA--THE RUSSIAN FUR COMPANY--THE ALEUTS about 17 min
  70. XXVI. ALASKA about 15 min
  71. XXVII. THE ESQUIMAUX about 33 min
  72. XXVIII. THE FUR-TRADE OF THE HUDSON’S BAY TERRITORIES about 27 min
  73. XXIX. THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK about 11 min
  74. XXX. THE TINNÉ INDIANS about 8 min
  75. XXXI. THE LOUCHEUX, OR KUTCHIN INDIANS about 9 min
  76. XXXII. ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, FROM THE CABOTS TO BAFFIN about 21 min
  77. XXXIII. ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, FROM BAFFIN TO M’CLINTOCK about 48 min
  78. XXXIV. KANE AND HAYES about 25 min
  79. XXXV. NEWFOUNDLAND about 14 min
  80. XXXVI. GREENLAND about 20 min
  81. XXXVII. THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN about 20 min
  82. XXXVIII. ANTARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY about 16 min
  83. XXXIX. THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN about 18 min
  84. XL. PATAGONIA AND THE PATAGONIANS about 17 min
  85. XLI. THE FUEGIANS about 13 min
  86. XLII. CHARLES FRANCIS HALL AND THE INNUITS about 2 h 29 min

The opening of Preface

The object of the following pages is to describe the Polar World in its principal natural features, to point out the influence of its long winter-night and fleeting summer on the development of vegetable and animal existence, and finally to picture man waging the battle of life against the dreadful climate of the high latitudes of our globe either as the inhabitant of their gloomy solitudes, or as the bold investigator of their mysteries.

The table of contents shows the great variety of interesting subjects embraced within a comparatively narrow compass; and as my constant aim has been to convey solid instruction under an entertaining form, I venture to hope that the public will grant this new work the favorable reception given to my previous writings.

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