The Only Use of
aurora borealis
in
The Call of the Wild
- With the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead, or the stars leaping in the frost dance, and the land numb and frozen under its pall of snow, this song of the huskies might have been the defiance of life, only it was pitched in minor key, with long-drawn wailings and half-sobs, and was more the pleading of life, the articulate travail of existence.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(aurora borealis) also known as the northern lights; the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere seen on clear winter nights -- usually above the north magnetic pole