Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 402 pages Biographical accounts up to the time of commencement of the first Fram expedition, 1893-96. |
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Page 146
... Europe and North America at the time when these condi- tions obtained . The accepted theory is that at all events ... Central Europe , and Hungary , the reindeer , the Polar fox , the musk - ox and other Arctic animals flourished along ...
... Europe and North America at the time when these condi- tions obtained . The accepted theory is that at all events ... Central Europe , and Hungary , the reindeer , the Polar fox , the musk - ox and other Arctic animals flourished along ...
Page 147
... Central Europe ( now so warm and genial , the home of the vine and the walnut - tree ) consisted at that time of low wil- lows , dwarf birch , and other Arctic growths , now found about the shores of the Polar Sea . As is proved by the ...
... Central Europe ( now so warm and genial , the home of the vine and the walnut - tree ) consisted at that time of low wil- lows , dwarf birch , and other Arctic growths , now found about the shores of the Polar Sea . As is proved by the ...
Page 148
... Central Europe are found deposits dating from this period , which show that , after the ice crust had vanished , the climate became quite warm and genial . A host of southern animals and plants wandered by degrees into the regions where ...
... Central Europe are found deposits dating from this period , which show that , after the ice crust had vanished , the climate became quite warm and genial . A host of southern animals and plants wandered by degrees into the regions where ...
Page 149
... Europe by way of Pantellaria and Sicily , whereby these tropical varieties ... Central European plains ; again the forests died out , and dwarf birch and ... Europe , it probably did not extend so far south THE GREAT ICE AGE 149.
... Europe by way of Pantellaria and Sicily , whereby these tropical varieties ... Central European plains ; again the forests died out , and dwarf birch and ... Europe , it probably did not extend so far south THE GREAT ICE AGE 149.
Page 150
... Central Europe , at any rate , is concerned , evidences are found of a temperate interim - an inter - glacial period— between these two Arctic eras . It is clear , of course , that this repeated spreading and shrinking of the land ice ...
... Central Europe , at any rate , is concerned , evidences are found of a temperate interim - an inter - glacial period— between these two Arctic eras . It is clear , of course , that this repeated spreading and shrinking of the land ice ...
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