The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 50National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... edge of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland , is where the cold Labrador Current from the Arc- tic breasts the greater might and greater volume of the warm Gulf Stream . Over this scene of conflict , like a smoke pall over a battlefield ...
... edge of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland , is where the cold Labrador Current from the Arc- tic breasts the greater might and greater volume of the warm Gulf Stream . Over this scene of conflict , like a smoke pall over a battlefield ...
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... edge of the Grand Banks into the steamer lanes is kept under surveillance by the International Ice Pa- trol . From this Service navigators can learn the answer to the question which each asks : Where is the ice ? Not a single ship has ...
... edge of the Grand Banks into the steamer lanes is kept under surveillance by the International Ice Pa- trol . From this Service navigators can learn the answer to the question which each asks : Where is the ice ? Not a single ship has ...
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... edge of the Banks into the Gulf Stream . This warm current gives them short shrift ; but until they have dwin- dled to the size of an ample library desk they are capable of staving in a vessel's plates . The Labrador Current , although ...
... edge of the Banks into the Gulf Stream . This warm current gives them short shrift ; but until they have dwin- dled to the size of an ample library desk they are capable of staving in a vessel's plates . The Labrador Current , although ...
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... edge of the Banks . It was christened No. 14. All bergs that are potentially dangerous are numbered . No. 14 hugged the Banks and sailed southward at the modest rate of 21 miles per day . After determining that there was only one more ...
... edge of the Banks . It was christened No. 14. All bergs that are potentially dangerous are numbered . No. 14 hugged the Banks and sailed southward at the modest rate of 21 miles per day . After determining that there was only one more ...
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... edge ; then , cramped within narrow limits by precipi- tous banks , they rage in whirlpool and whirlpool rapids ; and finally resume their dignified , unhurried pace for the rest of the way to Lake Ontario . THE FALLS AND CHASM OF ...
... edge ; then , cramped within narrow limits by precipi- tous banks , they rage in whirlpool and whirlpool rapids ; and finally resume their dignified , unhurried pace for the rest of the way to Lake Ontario . THE FALLS AND CHASM OF ...
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