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Title: The Polar World

Author: G. Hartwig

Release date: February 13, 2020 [eBook #61398]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Note

Transcriber added text to the existing Cover; the result has been placed in the Public Domain.

1. ESQUIMAUX DOG-TEAM.

THE POLAR WORLD:
A POPULAR DESCRIPTION OF
MAN AND NATURE
IN THE
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS OF THE GLOBE.

By Dr. G. HARTWIG,

AUTHOR OF
“THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS,” “THE HARMONIES OF NATURE,”
AND “THE TROPICAL WORLD.”

WITH ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1869.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New York.