The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Polar Regions since the Vene- tian merchant of Bristol , John Cabot , led the way under the patronage of Henry VII . , at the close of the fifteenth century . The names of Willoughby , Frobisher , Davis , Hudson , Baffin , Ross , Parry ...
... Polar Regions since the Vene- tian merchant of Bristol , John Cabot , led the way under the patronage of Henry VII . , at the close of the fifteenth century . The names of Willoughby , Frobisher , Davis , Hudson , Baffin , Ross , Parry ...
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... Polar Exploration . In one of these addresses , read by him before the Royal Geographical Society on January 23 , 1865 , he says : " The Navy needs some action to wake it up from the sloth of routine , and save it from the canker of pro ...
... Polar Exploration . In one of these addresses , read by him before the Royal Geographical Society on January 23 , 1865 , he says : " The Navy needs some action to wake it up from the sloth of routine , and save it from the canker of pro ...
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... Polar area is accessible . The Phoenician mariners were probably the first recorded persons to enter the Arctic circle , the Ultima Thule of the ancients being apparently Iceland . The Irish may have again visited it in the sixth ...
... Polar area is accessible . The Phoenician mariners were probably the first recorded persons to enter the Arctic circle , the Ultima Thule of the ancients being apparently Iceland . The Irish may have again visited it in the sixth ...
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... Polar area to the Moluccas , and two ships were sent , but nothing of im- portance was done . In 1553 Sir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancelor were sent out under the in- structions of Sebastian Cabot , to proceed to China by a north ...
... Polar area to the Moluccas , and two ships were sent , but nothing of im- portance was done . In 1553 Sir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancelor were sent out under the in- structions of Sebastian Cabot , to proceed to China by a north ...
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... Polar Sea . He struck the east coast of Greenland , in 67 ° 30 ′ N. , and after proceeding north for seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. course , and at his farthest point ...
... Polar Sea . He struck the east coast of Greenland , in 67 ° 30 ′ N. , and after proceeding north for seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. course , and at his farthest point ...
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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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