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Examples
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Carex bigelowii Torrey ex Schweinitz (C. rigida Good., non Schrank; C. hyperborea Drejer).
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'' Carex bigelowii '' Torrey ex Schweinitz ( '' C. rigida '' Good., non Schrank; '' C. hyperborea '' Drejer).
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009
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Alaria esculenta and a dense forest of kelp Laminaria hyperborea and below it, parks of kelp as deep as 35 m.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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There is also an endemic sub-species of pika (Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis) and sable (Martes zibellina brachyura).
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Calcium alginate fibers derived from Laminaria hyperborea have been used to produce wound dressings that are highly absorbent and hemostatic.
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Woodsia hyperborea growing in great luxuriance on the rocks between the path and the river.
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_Luzulu hyperborea_, R.Br. _Poa arctica_, R.Br. _Aira cæspitosa_, L.var. _Arctica_.
The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants 1871
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_Salix polaris_ WG, _Poa flexuosa_ WG., and _Lucula hyperborea_ R. BR.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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Keskarrah shot several waveys (Anas hyperborea) which afforded us a seasonable supply, our stock of provision being nearly exhausted.
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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Having gained all the information we could collect from our guide and from personal observation, we retraced our steps to the encampment; and on the way back Hepburn and Keskarrah shot several waveys (_anas hyperborea_) which afforded us a seasonable supply, our stock of provision being nearly exhausted.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816
whichbe commented on the word hyperborea
Never the Muse is absent
from their ways: lyres clash and flutes cry
and everywhere maiden choruses whirling.
Neither disease nor bitter old age is mixed
in their sacred blood; far from labor and battle they live.
Never on land or by sea will you find
the marvelous road to the feast of the Hyperborea.
(Wikipedia)
May 25, 2008