SIBERIA.
The new Siberian insular group, which has latterly been bo frequently mentioned in the reports of various arctic and polar expeditions, consists of three large islands, Kocelnoi, Fadievskoi and New Siberia, lying in the open sea to the north-east of the delta of the Lena, and, a few smaller ones situated, , like Liakhoff and others, nearer to Cape Sviatoi. Further to the north, beyond the island of Nova Zembla, the American expedition of the lost Jeanette discovered some other small islands, but the three large New Siberians are the only ones visited by Russian traders and inhabitants of the polar tundra zone. These islands are generally reached in spring before the thawing of the ocean ice, and the traders drive over the frozen surface of the sea in light sledges, drawn by reindeer or dogs, and, paising the short summer on the islands, return home again in the autumn, when the ocean ice has again set. The New Siberians are of great importance from a scientific point of view, as they form a vast and interesting cemetery of the whole organic world as it at one time existed under IBdeg and . 6deg* of north latitude.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 6
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196SIBERIA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 6
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