Part, Chapter
1 I, I | heard raging without, the snow fell fast, becoming rapidly
2 I, III | door, and plunging into the snow, already a foot deep; he
3 I, III | at the sledge, white with snow, which had just drawn up
4 I, III | kind of bag covered with snow, and was about to carry
5 I, III | Hobson had another idea.~“Snow, bring snow!” he cried.~
6 I, III | another idea.~“Snow, bring snow!” he cried.~There was plenty
7 I, III | Sergeant went to fetch the snow, Joliffe removed all the
8 I, III | vigorous friction with the snow. We know that this is the
9 I, IV | York are still white with snow, yet the latitude of New
10 I, IV | enabling it to cleave the snow without sinking deeply into
11 I, IV | man on the most brittle snow, and enabling him to pass
12 I, V | here and there where the snow had melted. A few migratory
13 I, V | pools formed by the melted snow. Guillemots, puffins, and
14 I, V | expert in sliding over the snow.~During the last few days
15 I, V | around. A uniform carpet of snow covered the whole country,
16 I, V | its rays, reflected on the snow, gave more light than heat.
17 I, V | distinguish them from the snow when they settled on the
18 I, V | to pick up a handful of snow? You talk to me of heat,
19 I, V | icebergs and thick covering of snow; wait till the northern
20 I, V | instant, the surface of the snow became more and more uneven,
21 I, V | pair were flung into the snow. Fortunately it was thick
22 I, VI | felt. Here and there the snow had melted, and the temperature
23 I, VI | monotonous whiteness of the snow; and the scattered specimens
24 I, VI | for months together in a snow hut.”~“Really, Lieutenant
25 I, VI | breaking of the brittle snow beneath our feet, or the
26 I, VI | the vast white sheet of snow resolved itself into water.
27 I, VI | little hill, and as the snow had almost disappeared from
28 I, VI | plains were still white with snow, but its dazzling surface
29 I, VII | presently resolve itself into snow; and if the wind should
30 I, VII | opaque; the wind rose, the snow began to fall in large flakes,
31 I, VII | In less than an hour the snow was a foot deep, and as
32 I, VII | became very boisterous. The snow, driven before it, was flung
33 I, VII | squall and blinded with snow, could advance no further.
34 I, VII | understood what he meant. Snow houses were to be hollowed
35 I, VII | sufficient shelter under the snow.~Before ten o’clock all
36 I, VII | travellers were crouching in the snow houses, in groups of two
37 I, VII | become blocked up with the snow, which they had to shovel
38 I, VII | the sledges, buried in the snow, attracted their attention,
39 I, VIII | consolidating the freshly-fallen snow, and making it practicable
40 I, VIII | the hills, now free from snow, were crowned by resinous
41 I, IX | cold rain mingled with snow fell in torrents, whilst
42 I, IX | what with the spray, the snow, and the rain, they could
43 I, X | being fed by the melted snow, flowed on at a considerable
44 I, XI | cleverly dig out from under the snow.~There could be no mistake
45 I, XI | Arctic regions in the summer; snow buntings with pure white
46 I, XIII | easily run off them. The snow would, however, settle upon
47 I, XIII | at the same mean height. Snow is, in fact, a very bad
48 I, XIII | its walls encrusted with snow, and the smoke from its
49 I, XIV | five weeks longer, when the snow would begin to fall. It
50 I, XV | been covered with frozen snow the distance would have
51 I, XVI | intending to set traps when the snow should prevent further excursions.~
52 I, XVII | ground should be covered with snow, Mrs Joliffe was busy sowing
53 I, XVII | rigour of the winter by the snow itself, they would come
54 I, XVII | soon be covered with thick snow, which would prevent any
55 I, XVII | still lower, and the first snow storm came on; there was
56 I, XVII | those violent whirlpools of snow called drifts, but a vast
57 I, XVII | but got off, staining the snow with their blood, so that
58 I, XVII | cold, the surface of the snow was firm and suitable for
59 I, XVII | without snow-shoes.~When the snow has become hardened by frost,
60 I, XVII | could glide about over the snow as rapidly as skaters on
61 I, XVII | whiteness of the glittering snow could not be endured by
62 I, XVII | from the surface of the snow, has been known to cause
63 I, XVII | immediate friction with snow. Garry, Belcher, Hope, and
64 I, XVIII| past like waterspouts-the snow seemed no longer to fall
65 I, XVIII| Fortunately the accumulation of snow round the walls broke the
66 I, XVIII| constantly to be freed from the snow which blocked up the openings.~
67 I, XVIII| however, the darkness and the snow aggravated the dread might
68 I, XVIII| disappeared beneath a bed of snow of uniform thickness.~The
69 I, XVIII| the house was buried in snow. It was necessary to take
70 I, XVIII| hinges, and the hard mass of snow was then attacked with pickaxe
71 I, XVIII| the ground, had not the snow in which they were standing
72 I, XVIII| closed; but after that the snow before it was removed every
73 I, XVIII| disappointed every day. Fresh snow constantly accumulated upon
74 I, XVIII| the fresh accumulation of snow; this time, however, it
75 I, XVIII| far as the enceinte. The snow was as bard as a rock, And
76 I, XVIII| clearing away a mass of frozen snow ten feet thick, extending
77 I, XVIII| melt the solid layer of snow,-Mrs Joliffe suddenly exclaimed:~“
78 I, XVIII| the two buildings, and the snow round them was not more
79 I, XVIII| buried beneath ten feet of snow could not be visited, so
80 I, XVIII| rapidly converted the soft snow into a solid mass. It was
81 I, XVIII| thaw-will not all this snow be rapidly converted into
82 I, XVIII| were unable to remove the snow when it was soft.”~What,
83 I, XIX | that the upper layers of snow were becoming softer, ordered
84 I, XIX | earth and sand a bed of snow, as hard as a rock, which
85 I, XIX | round to the south-west, the snow again began to fall, but
86 I, XIX | enceinte had been cleared of snow, which was a fortunate circumstance,
87 I, XIX | morses and camping under the snow. They belonged to the race
88 I, XIX | their way over the frozen snow along the coast, strewn
89 I, XIX | dragging themselves along the snow. They were Esquimaux, but
90 I, XIX | asked if it were made of snow, which was a natural question
91 I, XIX | It was a large cone of snow, with an opening in the
92 I, XX | far-stretching carpet of snow, and produced effects of
93 I, XX | fairy scene in which ice and snow combined to add éclat to
94 I, XX | have been converted into snow, and in the passage the
95 I, XXI | and floated about them as snow.~Marbre was right; the bears
96 I, XXI | and the floor with fine snow.~The weather outside was
97 I, XXI | seemed to slide along the snow. In a few moments it reached
98 I, XXII | veered to the south-west, and snow fell at irregular intervals.~
99 I, XXII | cries as they flew. A few snow buntings and winter hawks
100 I, XXII | with thick layers of frozen snow, and the sun was powerless
101 I, XXII | sweet.~Early in May the snow had disappeared in several
102 I, XXII | to sprout. The carpet of snow had protected them through
103 I, XXII | May was very wet. Rain and snow succeeded each other. The
104 I, XXII | winds, its whirlpools of snow, and its long nights, would
105 I, XXIII| minutes! After that, let it snow, let it thunder, let the
106 II, III | remained; of course the snow huts had entirely disappeared,
107 II, IV | with a kind of cement of snow and sand, such as covered
108 II, VIII | night was colder and a fine snow fell, which quickly covered
109 II, VIII | resolved themselves into snow during the night, so that
110 II, VIII | clear and powerful, and the snow was already melting here
111 II, VIII | already had two falls of snow. Ice is [begininng] beginning
112 II, VIII | Barnett; “the rain, the snow, the ice, the icebergs of
113 II, VIII | yellow moss, from which the snow had melted, served them
114 II, VIII | regular impressions upon the snow. These marks must have been
115 II, VIII | hours, or the last fall of snow would have covered them
116 II, VIII | having been dragged along the snow, and the impression of a
117 II, VIII | irregular pathway along the snow. It was evident the poor
118 II, VIII | hair were thrown over the snow.~“It is a woman! a woman!”
119 II, VIII | and stamping the sand and snow about him.~Presently he
120 II, VIII | body stretched about the snow.~A cry of astonishment burst
121 II, IX | footprints left by Kalumah in the snow not far from this very spot,
122 II, X | of the approach of winter Snow fell frequently and in large
123 II, X | small isolated crystals like snow, which stained the clear
124 II, X | began to fall still lower. Snow fell plentifully on the
125 II, X | fell now as rain now as snow. In Lieutenant Hobson’s
126 II, X | indeed, rain mixed with snow fell constantly, and the
127 II, X | mists, its rain, and its snow, but without the long desired
128 II, X | rose the next. Rain and snow succeeded each other. The
129 II, XII | mercury marked 24° Fahrenheit.~Snow, which soon became hardened,
130 II, XII | partly filled with ice and snow; but it must not be forgotten
131 II, XII | mistaken, a heavy fall of snow, lasting a few days or even
132 II, XII | replied Hobson, “but if snow should fall, it will be
133 II, XII | mercury marked 24° Fahrenheit.~Snow, which soon became hardened,
134 II, XII | partly filled with ice and snow, but it must not be forgotten
135 II, XII | mistaken, a heavy fall of snow, lasting a few days or even
136 II, XII | replied Hobson, “but if snow should fall, it will be
137 II, XII | any uniformity, and the snow which fell was fine and
138 II, XII | instead of the sadly-needed snow, the column of mercury standing
139 II, XII | comparatively warm water melted the snow and ice in many places,
140 II, XIV | and intermittent falls of snow succeeded each other, the
141 II, XIV | look for mosses under the snow on the coast.~Kalumah knew
142 II, XIV | plenty of moss under the snow, thanks to the mildness
143 II, XIV | interminable Polar night. Snow fell abundantly for some
144 II, XV | February was very wet, rain and snow falling alternately. A strong
145 II, XV | for large quantities of snow to fall; the gale, however,
146 II, XV | in all weathers, through snow or rain, and on her return
147 II, XIX | there had been no traces of snow on the ground for some time;
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