Barren Lands
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He has lived a chapped and manly life in rural Ontario, on the Keewatin Barren Lands and in balky old boats off Newfoundland.
From Time Magazine Archive
Practicing this counsel of perfection, he wandered purposefully to Mexico, California, Alaska, the Barren Lands north of Hudson Bay, the centre of Africa, Siberia, South America, Burma.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of this first year came the wonderful event in the history of the Company's post, which had the Barren Lands at its back door.
From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by Curwood, James Oliver
The hunt was to be for caribou back over the hills in the direction of the Barren Lands.
From On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland by Sayler, H. L. (Harry Lincoln)
Caribou herds in Barren Lands, 255; Indian method of hunting, 259.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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