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... winter , 29 ° 3 ′ ; and that for the whole year is 39 ° 4 ′ . At Akureyri , in the north , on the Eyja - fjord , the average summer heat is 45 ° 5 ′ ; that of the winter , 20 ° 7 ' ; and the mean for the year is freezing point ( Almanak ...
... winter , 29 ° 3 ′ ; and that for the whole year is 39 ° 4 ′ . At Akureyri , in the north , on the Eyja - fjord , the average summer heat is 45 ° 5 ′ ; that of the winter , 20 ° 7 ' ; and the mean for the year is freezing point ( Almanak ...
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... winter . pheno- The Aurora Borealis is very splendid as soon as the darkness mena . of winter sets in , lighting up the gloomy skies with its glorious scarlet streamers . Other phenomena are the Hrævarelldur , or electric flames , which ...
... winter . pheno- The Aurora Borealis is very splendid as soon as the darkness mena . of winter sets in , lighting up the gloomy skies with its glorious scarlet streamers . Other phenomena are the Hrævarelldur , or electric flames , which ...
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... winter , the reindeer are hunted down by the natives , for the sake of their flesh and horns . They have never been domesticated , as the country is too uneven and intersected by rivers to render sledging practicable ; and , as they ...
... winter , the reindeer are hunted down by the natives , for the sake of their flesh and horns . They have never been domesticated , as the country is too uneven and intersected by rivers to render sledging practicable ; and , as they ...
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... winter . There are seven families and thirty - four species of mammals in Iceland ; but of these , twenty - four are water creatures . Of Cetacea alone , there are thirteen varieties . Two quadrupeds appear to be indigenous : the fox ...
... winter . There are seven families and thirty - four species of mammals in Iceland ; but of these , twenty - four are water creatures . Of Cetacea alone , there are thirteen varieties . Two quadrupeds appear to be indigenous : the fox ...
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... winter , but they cer- tainly do nothing during the summer . I have not had the felicity of seeing a native do any real work . To accomplish task , he takes as many days as an English labourer would take hours . The trade of Iceland is ...
... winter , but they cer- tainly do nothing during the summer . I have not had the felicity of seeing a native do any real work . To accomplish task , he takes as many days as an English labourer would take hours . The trade of Iceland is ...
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Akureyri Alleluiah Althing answered asked basalt beautiful bird bishop Bjarg blue boat boiling bonder Briggs brother brought called church clouds cold colour crag Danish door Drangey Edmund Evans Egill eruption exclaimed eyes farm farmer father feet fish fjord flung Gellir Geysir Glámr grass Greenland Grettir grey Grímr hands head heap heithi Hekla hill Hólar horses Hrolleifr Icel Iceland Illugi Ingimund island Jökull Jón Katla Kolr Krafla lake land lava looked merchant miles morning mountain Myvatn natives never night Oddr Ofeigr Periphrasis pony priest quoth reached Reykjanes Reykjavík ride river rock rode rolled round saddle Saga sand Savigniac side snow spot spring stone stood story stream Strokr summer Svínavatn swans Thorbjorn Thorfin Thorgils Thorhall Thorir Thorstein trachyte Trölladyngja tún turf vale Vatnsdalr vessel visited whilst whimbrel wild wind winter