. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. 94 THK AKC'TIC NKiHT. woods; wo kiK.w wluit iii^'ht is, in these temperate regions, under all its various aspects,- now mild and l)eatitii'ul, now frlooniy and sad, low ffrand and tempestuous; the long dark night of winter with its fmsty airs, and its drooping shadows thrown hack by the dead surfa'-e of the snow ; tlu; brief bright niglit of
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. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. 94 THK AKC'TIC NKiHT. woods; wo kiK.w wluit iii^'ht is, in these temperate regions, under all its various aspects, - now mild and l)eatitii'ul, now frlooniy and sad, low ffrand and tempestuous; the long dark night of winter with its fmsty airs, and its drooping shadows thrown hack by the dead surfa'-e of the snow ; tlu; brief bright niglit of summer, which fomis so short a pause between the evening of one day and the morning of anr.ther, that it seems intended only to afford the busy earth a breath- j„jr.ti, i, o;—but we can form no idea of what an Arctic Niyht is, in al! its mystery, magnificence. 1111(1 wonder. Strange stai-s light up the heavens; the forms of earth are strange ; all is unfami- har. and ahiiust uiiint(;lligible.. STALKINU A UEAR. It is not that the Arctic night makes a heavy demand on our physical faculties. Against its rigour man is able to defend himself; but it is less easy to provide against its strain on the moral and intclloetual faculties. The darkness which clothes Nature for so long a period reveals to tlu! senses of the European explorer what is virtually a new world, and the senses do not well adapt themselves to that world. The cheering influences of the rising sun, which invite to labour; the soothing influences of the evening twiligjlit, which beguile to rest; that quick change fiom day to night, and night lo day, which so lightens the burden of existence in our temperate clime to mind and soul and body, kindling the hope and renewing the courage, —all these are wanting in the Polar world, and man suflTers and languishes accordingly. The grandeur of Natiirc, says Dr. Hayes, ceases to give delight to the dulled sympathies, and the heart longs con- 1. Please note that these images