The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... amongst our sailors , more especially 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 ...
... amongst our sailors , more especially 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 ...
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... amongst the Waigats Islands . He was the first navigator to sail into the Sea of Kara by the Karagate . In 1576 the project of the North- INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 9 West Passage was renewed by Sir 8 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... amongst the Waigats Islands . He was the first navigator to sail into the Sea of Kara by the Karagate . In 1576 the project of the North- INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 9 West Passage was renewed by Sir 8 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... amongst me- teoric irons for the large proportion of carbonaceous matter associated with it . From the position in which these masses occurred , it seems probable that they formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene ...
... amongst me- teoric irons for the large proportion of carbonaceous matter associated with it . From the position in which these masses occurred , it seems probable that they formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene ...
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... formulating the valuable observations in daily use amongst these hardy explorers , won by long acquaint- ance with the dangers to which they are daily exposed ; the more intelligent passing unscathed , while the less observant.
... formulating the valuable observations in daily use amongst these hardy explorers , won by long acquaint- ance with the dangers to which they are daily exposed ; the more intelligent passing unscathed , while the less observant.
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... amongst the ice - bergs , their shipwrecks and disasters of every kind . Often it happens that the ships they sail in are badly found , wanting in the commonest necessaries of life , and but ill - adapted for the purpose they are ...
... amongst the ice - bergs , their shipwrecks and disasters of every kind . Often it happens that the ships they sail in are badly found , wanting in the commonest necessaries of life , and but ill - adapted for the purpose they are ...
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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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