From North Pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands

Title vignette. Translation of Vom Nordpol zum Aequator. Bibliography: p. xxix-xxxi. Introductory essay by the editor.--The bird-bergs of Lapland.--The tundra and its animal life.--The Asiatic steppes and their fauna.--The forests and sport of Siberia.--The steppes of inner Africa.--The primeval for...

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Main Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884., Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933., Thomson, Margaret R.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: London, Glasgow, Dublin, Blackie & Son, Ltd.; New York, Scribner's Sons 1896
Subjects:
Birds
Animal behavior
Natural history
North Pole
Nordpol*
Tundra
Lapland
Siberia
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433011063124
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Summary:Title vignette. Translation of Vom Nordpol zum Aequator. Bibliography: p. xxix-xxxi. Introductory essay by the editor.--The bird-bergs of Lapland.--The tundra and its animal life.--The Asiatic steppes and their fauna.--The forests and sport of Siberia.--The steppes of inner Africa.--The primeval forests of Central Africa.--Migrations of mammals.--Love and courtship among birds.--Apes and monkeys.--Desert journeys.--Nubia and the Nile rapids.--A journey in Siberia.--The heathen Ostiaks.--Nomad herdsmen and herds of the steppes.--Family and social life among the Kirghiz.--Colonists and exiles in Siberia.--An ornithologist on the Danube. Mode of access: Internet.

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