The Polar World
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The Polar World presents a description of people and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. The preface states an aim of describing the principal natural features of the Polar World. The account of Iceland says the island has one public school at Reykjavik, while suggesting that perhaps no country has more generally diffused elementary education.
The household scene describes women and girls spinning or knitting while men and boys mend agricultural implements and household utensils, or cut ornaments and snuff-boxes in various materials. The account of glaciers describes ice-rivers of the Arctic zone descending to the water-edge and forcing themselves slowly but constantly farther into the sea.
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- Author
- G. Hartwig
- Reading time
- About 17 hours
- Pages
- 583
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Popular Science
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online