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"But here, within the Polar circle, what is the lowest degree?" asked Altamont. "My word!" said the Doctor. BUT HERE WITHIN THE POLAR CIRCLE WHAT IS THE LOWEST DEGREE ASKED ALTAMONT MY WORD SAID THE DOCTOR
n, "and we are obliged to the Doctor for his scientific information; but we are really talking as if we were going to brave the heat of the torrid zone. I think it would be far more seasonable to speak of cold, if the Doctor could tell us what is the lowest temperature on record." "I can enlighten you on that too," replied the Doctor. "There are a great number of memorable winters, which appear to have come at intervals of about forty-one years. In 1364, the Rhone was frozen over as far as Arles; in 1408, the Danube was frozen throughout its entire extent, and the wolves crossed the Cattigut on firm ground; in 1509, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean were frozen at Venice and Marseilles, and the Baltic on the 10th of April; in 1608, all the cattle died in England from the cold; in 1789, the Thames was frozen as far as Gravesend; and the frightful winter of 1813 will long be remembered in France. The earliest and longest ever known in the present century was in 1829. So much for Europe. ORMATION BUT WE ARE REALLY TALKING AS IF WE WERE GOING TO BRAVE THE HEAT OF THE TARID ZONE I THINK WOULD BE FAR SEASONABLE TO SPEAK OF COLD IF THE DOCTOR COULD TELL US WHAT IS THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD I CAN ENLIGHTEN YOU ON THAT TOO REPLIED THE DOCTOR THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF MEMORABLE WINTERS WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE COME AT INTERVALS OF ABOUT FORTY ONE YEARS IN THIRTEEN SIXTY FOUR THE RHONE WAS FROZEN OVER AS FAR AS ARLES IN FOURTEEN O EIGHT THE DANUBE WAS FROZEN THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE EXTENT AND THE WOLVES CROSSED THE CADDAGUT ON FIRM GROUND IN FIFTEEN O NINE THE ADRIATIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WERE FROZEN AT VENICE AND MARSEILLES AND THE BALTIC ON THE TENTH OF APRIL IN SIXTEEN O EIGHT ALL THE CATTLE DIED IN ENGLAND FROM THE COLD IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY NINE THE THAMES WAS FROZEN AS FAR AS GRAVESEND AND THE FRIGHTFUL WINTER OF EIGHTEEN THIRTEEN WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED IN FRANCE THE EARLIEST AND LONGEST EVER KNOWN IN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY NINE SO MUCH FOR EUROPE
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