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CHAPTER V. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE ATMOSPHEROLOGY OP 

 THE ARCTIC REGIONS ; PARTICULARLY RELA- 

 TING TO SPITZBERGEN AND THE ADJACENT 

 GREENLAND SEA. 



SECT. I. 



Hemarks on the Climate of the Arctic Regio7iSy 

 and the Effects of Cold. 



X HE climate of Spitzbergen and the adjacent sea, 

 is, in the autumn and spring seasons, variable and 

 tempestuous. The temperature passes through its 

 extreme range, which probably exceeds fifty degrees 

 in the same season, or even in the same month, 

 with a rapidity unknown in countries situate within 

 the temperate zones. North, west, and east winds 

 bring with them the extreme cold of the icy regions 



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