This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...and light (see p. 192). Fig. 112. great three The Arctic The southern hemisphere, showing the water surrounding the south pole. Notice that the Antarctic is not separated by land from the other oceans. Much less is known about the Antarctic Ocean (Fig. 112), which surrounds the south pole, and on which there is also a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...and light (see p. 192). Fig. 112. great three The Arctic The southern hemisphere, showing the water surrounding the south pole. Notice that the Antarctic is not separated by land from the other oceans. Much less is known about the Antarctic Ocean (Fig. 112), which surrounds the south pole, and on which there is also a great deal of floating ice. The Atlantic.--Extending from the Arctic to the Antarctic is the Atlantic Ocean, having the Old World on the east and the New World on the west. This is the water that we cross in going to Europe, and many of the things we eat and wear are brought across it. Can you name some of them? Find what continents the Atlantic bathes. The Pacific.--The water west The Atlantic Ocean. of North America is called the Fig. 114. The eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. The Ocean Bottom.--The depth of the ocean water varies considerably; on the average it is a little over two miles, but in some places it is more than four miles deep. In this immense body of water are millions of animals, some of them, as the whale, shark, codfish, and seal, being of use to man. Pacific Ocean, which is the largest of all oceans, covering more than one-third of the earth's surface. What continents does it bathe? Walk toward it. The Indian.--There is still another great body of water called the Indian Ocean (Fig. 109). It lies south of India in Asia, and between Africa on one side and Australia and the East Indies on the other. A part of the glohe. What continents and oceans are shown? The bed of the ocean is mainly a great plain, where it is as dark as our darkest night, because the sunlight cannot pass through so much water. In consequence, the Fig. no. fish living One of the deep-sea fish. there have little use for eyes, and some that have been broug...
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