Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Earth and Its Inhabitants, Europe, Vol. 5: The North-East Atlantic, Islands of the North Atlantic, Scandinavia, European Islands of the Arctic Ocean, Russia in Europe Even on the mainland itself it is not easy to determine the limits of the natural regions, the transitions in altitude and climate being very seldom sharply marked, while on the ocean it becomes impossible to draw any imaginary lines of separation. Not only are the climatic changes freely produced on the unbroken surface of the waters, but the liquid mass is constantly displaced by the action of storms, tides, and conflicting currents. Hence the oceanic areas can only be indicated in a very approximate manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.