XXI. Description of some remarkable Atmospheric Reflections and Refractions, observed in the Greenland Sea

During the summer of the present year (1820), while navigating with the ship Baffin, the icy sea in the immediate neighbourhood of West Greenland (the east side), several extremely curious appearances of distant objects, produced by the reflective and refractive properties of the atmosphere, were ob...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Main Author: Scoresby, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1823
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Environmental Science
Greenland
Baffin
Greenland Sea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s008045680003091x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S008045680003091X
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Summary:During the summer of the present year (1820), while navigating with the ship Baffin, the icy sea in the immediate neighbourhood of West Greenland (the east side), several extremely curious appearances of distant objects, produced by the reflective and refractive properties of the atmosphere, were observed.

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