The "Marion" Expedition to Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, Vol. 1

The
Author: Noble G. Ricketts
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2018-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780656039432

Excerpt from The "Marion" Expedition to Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, Vol. 1: Under Direction of the United States Coast Guard, 1928 Figure 1, - This map shows the general location of the region which was investigated by the Ma/m'on expedition during the summer of 1928. All of the Marion's work was done between Disko Bay, in west Greenland, and the northeast coast of Newfoundland. For a more detailed chart of the area actually surveyed, see Figure 39. The latter shows the track of the ship and gives all the important place names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1994
Genre: Newfoundland
ISBN:

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Release: 1958
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Author: Mohammed I. El-Sabh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 865
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400914334

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