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Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80° 30 ' N . , 12° E . ;
her further advance being checked by a leak caused by ice nips . She sailed from
the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached ...
Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80° 30 ' N . , 12° E . ;
her further advance being checked by a leak caused by ice nips . She sailed from
the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached ...
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... remaining the same , would be proportionately increased . There is yet a third
modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat . The obliquity of the
ecliptic is now 23° 28 ' ; but astronomers admit that it may have been at times as
much ...
... remaining the same , would be proportionately increased . There is yet a third
modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat . The obliquity of the
ecliptic is now 23° 28 ' ; but astronomers admit that it may have been at times as
much ...
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The alternate heating and cooling of the Polar area , together with the great
difference of temperature between the zone of greatest cold and the tropic of the
northern hemisphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause ...
The alternate heating and cooling of the Polar area , together with the great
difference of temperature between the zone of greatest cold and the tropic of the
northern hemisphere , would seem an adequate and probable cause ...
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... owing to the water , being warmer below , causing the ice to thaw more rapidly
, when the upper part , which is heavier , totters , the ice beneath is suddenly
overbalanced , and the portion that was lately submerged is now suddenly tilted
into ...
... owing to the water , being warmer below , causing the ice to thaw more rapidly
, when the upper part , which is heavier , totters , the ice beneath is suddenly
overbalanced , and the portion that was lately submerged is now suddenly tilted
into ...
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While we were there , the whole village wore a busy aspect , which may have
been unusual ; certainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the
inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the continual privations they were forced
to ...
While we were there , the whole village wore a busy aspect , which may have
been unusual ; certainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the
inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the continual privations they were forced
to ...
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animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew Crown danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet floating force formed four gained give Greenland hands head hope interest Island journey kind land latitude leave less look masses means miles mountain nature northern noticed object observed once ourselves party passed Polar Pole present probably proved pursuit reached regions remains rest rise rocks round sailed sailors schooner seal season seems seen ship shore short shot side sight soon Sound Spitzbergen sport Strait success surface temperature travelling turned vessel voyage warm weather whale whole wind winter
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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