" ... as soon as one has traversed the greater part of the wild sea, one comes upon such a huge quantity of ice that nowhere in the whole world has the like been known." "This ice is of a wonderful nature. It lies at times quite still, as one would expect, with openings or large fjord...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Hurdle, Burton G. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Springer New York 1986
Schlagworte:	Earth Sciences Geology Sedimentology Oceanography Geophysics/Geodesy Atmospheric Sciences Mineralogy Earth sciences Geophysics Atmospheric sciences Meeresgeologie Meereskunde Arktis Nordpolarmeer Aufsatzsammlung
Online-Zugang:	BTU01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	" ... as soon as one has traversed the greater part of the wild sea, one comes upon such a huge quantity of ice that nowhere in the whole world has the like been known." "This ice is of a wonderful nature. It lies at times quite still, as one would expect, with openings or large fjords in it; but sometimes its movement is so strong and rapid as to equal that of a ship running before the wind, and it drifts against the wind as often as with it." Kongespeilet - 1250 A.D. ("The Mirror of Kings") Modern societies require increasing amounts influence on the water mass and on the resulting of scientific information about the environment total environment of the region; therefore, cer tain of its characteristics will necessarily be in whieh they live and work. For the seas this information must describe the air above the sea, included
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 777 p. 372 illus., 20 illus. in color)
ISBN:	9781461580355
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-4615-8035-5