The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... JOHN C. WELLS , R.N. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS . BIBLI LIOTHE HENRY S. KING & Co. , 65 , CORNHILL , & 12 , PATERNOSTER ROW , LONDON . 1873 . 203. e . 277 . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Old Whaling Captains -
... JOHN C. WELLS , R.N. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS . BIBLI LIOTHE HENRY S. KING & Co. , 65 , CORNHILL , & 12 , PATERNOSTER ROW , LONDON . 1873 . 203. e . 277 . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Old Whaling Captains -
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... Captains - Our Schooner - Sealers - Ice Dangers- Our Crew - Ralph the Rover - The Shetlands - Scalloway Castle - Lerwick - Hard Times - Hialtlandia - Over - Greedi- ness - Fin Whales - Right Whales - Whales ' Food - Adven- tures with ...
... Captains - Our Schooner - Sealers - Ice Dangers- Our Crew - Ralph the Rover - The Shetlands - Scalloway Castle - Lerwick - Hard Times - Hialtlandia - Over - Greedi- ness - Fin Whales - Right Whales - Whales ' Food - Adven- tures with ...
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... to do , which would develop their intellectual and moral faculties , and thereby render them not only more useful in peace , but also more INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 3 effective in war . Captain Sherard 2 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... to do , which would develop their intellectual and moral faculties , and thereby render them not only more useful in peace , but also more INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 3 effective in war . Captain Sherard 2 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... Captain Sherard Osborn has re- peatedly dwelt upon this in his many spirit - stirring addresses advocating a renewal of Polar Exploration . In one of these addresses , read by him before the Royal Geographical Society on January 23 ...
... Captain Sherard Osborn has re- peatedly dwelt upon this in his many spirit - stirring addresses advocating a renewal of Polar Exploration . In one of these addresses , read by him before the Royal Geographical Society on January 23 ...
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... Captain Waymouth's expedition , sent out in 1602 by the Muscovy Company in search of the North - West Passage , traversed ground which had been previously explored ; and the expeditions of Cun- ningham and Hall in 1605 , and of John ...
... Captain Waymouth's expedition , sent out in 1602 by the Muscovy Company in search of the North - West Passage , traversed ground which had been previously explored ; and the expeditions of Cun- ningham and Hall in 1605 , and of John ...
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amongst animals Arctic circle Arctic seas Barentsz bear Beerenberg boat Cape Captain coast cold crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora force gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Kennedy Channel Lancaster Sound land latitude look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal North Somerset northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack Parry party Polar Pole present pursuit reached regions reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport steamer Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel voyage Waigatz walrus warm water weather whale wind winter
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