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William Speirs Bruce. Polar Exploration
Polar Exploration
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I ASTRONOMICAL FEATURES OF THE. POLAR REGIONS
CHAPTER II THE POLAR REGIONS
CHAPTER III LAND ICE
CHAPTER IV SEA ICE AND COLORATION OF ICE AND SNOW
CHAPTER V PLANT LIFE
CHAPTER VI ANIMAL LIFE
CHAPTER VII PHYSICS OF THE POLAR SEAS
CHAPTER VIII METEOROLOGY
CHAPTER IX MAGNETISM, AURORA, AND TIDES
CHAPTER X AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MODERN POLAR EXPLORATION
INDEX
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William Speirs Bruce
Published by Good Press, 2020
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Having now obtained a general idea of the position of the Polar Regions on the earth's surface let us pass on to consider their general features. And the Antarctic Regions are considered first, because it was there, about twenty years ago, that I first received my polar baptism and first learnt what the Polar Regions were.
The striking incident of meeting ice at sea for the first time in one's life, and especially falling in with those giant Antarctic icebergs—grim sentinels of the Antarctic—produces even in most matter-of-fact individuals a sense of wonder and awe. Their stupendous size, their exquisite architectural composition, more magnificent than the temples and pyramids of Egypt, more overpowering in solemnity than the Sphinx—make the most thoughtless think for a moment of the Power that controls the forces of nature.
