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IV.—The Recent Geological History of the Arctic Lands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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Since writing my previous paper on the question of whether, during the so-called Glacial period, the Arctic lands had a milder and not a more severe climate, I have met with some evidence on the subject so important and suggestive that I feel sure it will be welcome to some of your readers, especially as it involves a considerable departure from conventional views. In 1861 Sir Joseph Hooker wrote his famous paper on the distribution of Arctic plants, in which he argued that the flora of Greenland is distinctly of European type; that Greenland is a sub-region, in fact, of the Scandinavian Botanical province. To state his own conclusion in his own words, “the flora of Greenland is almost exclusively Lapponian, having an extremely light admixture of American or Asiatic types.”

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1893

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