The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... - Narwhal - We " Lie on Bran " -A Fall ! A Fall ! -Monodon Monoceros - Arctic Black Hole of Calcutta - Drifting Ice - Pursuit of Narwhal - A Sad Picture - Seals out of Water . 127 CHAPTER IV . Only a Fly - Summer Beverages -
... - Narwhal - We " Lie on Bran " -A Fall ! A Fall ! -Monodon Monoceros - Arctic Black Hole of Calcutta - Drifting Ice - Pursuit of Narwhal - A Sad Picture - Seals out of Water . 127 CHAPTER IV . Only a Fly - Summer Beverages -
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... Arctic sailors , that hundreds of them volunteer to go when any project of this kind is afloat . From this point of view , the exploration of the higher latitudes is a matter for government , and not for private enterprise . From the ...
... Arctic sailors , that hundreds of them volunteer to go when any project of this kind is afloat . From this point of view , the exploration of the higher latitudes is a matter for government , and not for private enterprise . From the ...
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... Arctic ad- venture , and who cannot appreciate successes which are simply scientific . Arctic voyages have yielded good fruit in the past , and there is every prospect of greater gains accruing to science from the explorations of the ...
... Arctic ad- venture , and who cannot appreciate successes which are simply scientific . Arctic voyages have yielded good fruit in the past , and there is every prospect of greater gains accruing to science from the explorations of the ...
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... Arctic circle , the Ultima Thule of the ancients being apparently Iceland . The Irish may have again visited it in the sixth century . It was again discovered by a Norwegian named Naddodr in 860 , and shortly after colonized by Norse ...
... Arctic circle , the Ultima Thule of the ancients being apparently Iceland . The Irish may have again visited it in the sixth century . It was again discovered by a Norwegian named Naddodr in 860 , and shortly after colonized by Norse ...
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... Arctic discovery , although Master Robert Thorne made a bold proposition for an expedition to be sent across the Polar area to the Moluccas , and two ships were sent , but nothing of im- portance was done . In 1553 Sir Hugh Willoughby ...
... Arctic discovery , although Master Robert Thorne made a bold proposition for an expedition to be sent across the Polar area to the Moluccas , and two ships were sent , but nothing of im- portance was done . In 1553 Sir Hugh Willoughby ...
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