The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he resolved to explore Gembiorn's Land . He soon ...
... called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he resolved to explore Gembiorn's Land . He soon ...
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... called Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with Disco Island . The region beyond Northern Sæta they called Furthern Stranda , of which Baffin's Bay was a part . How far north they advanced it is ...
... called Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with Disco Island . The region beyond Northern Sæta they called Furthern Stranda , of which Baffin's Bay was a part . How far north they advanced it is ...
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... called Frobisher's Mis- taken Straits , but which are commonly known as Hudson's Straits . He entered them , and found a fine open passage , through which , it is said , he " would and could have gone through to the South Sea . " There ...
... called Frobisher's Mis- taken Straits , but which are commonly known as Hudson's Straits . He entered them , and found a fine open passage , through which , it is said , he " would and could have gone through to the South Sea . " There ...
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... called Kotelnoi , New Siberia , and Fadejevkoi . The Herald Islands , in 71 ° 26 ′ N. and 175 ° 16 ′ W. , were discovered by Capt . Kellett in 1849 , but doubts were thrown on the facts . It is probably the land to which Wrangell had ...
... called Kotelnoi , New Siberia , and Fadejevkoi . The Herald Islands , in 71 ° 26 ′ N. and 175 ° 16 ′ W. , were discovered by Capt . Kellett in 1849 , but doubts were thrown on the facts . It is probably the land to which Wrangell had ...
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... which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. course , and at his farthest point , which he considered to be 73 ° N. , he saw land , which he called INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . Hold - with - Hope . 25 24 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. course , and at his farthest point , which he considered to be 73 ° N. , he saw land , which he called INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . Hold - with - Hope . 25 24 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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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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