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We got through the first long neck of ice into clear water , only to commence
another attack . By this time we are grown well acquainted with the details of the
operation , and we drive headlong into another pack . The fog now grows so
dense ...
We got through the first long neck of ice into clear water , only to commence
another attack . By this time we are grown well acquainted with the details of the
operation , and we drive headlong into another pack . The fog now grows so
dense ...
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... man now declares he has seen clear water in the far distance , and the man on
deck , guided by his directions , struggles through the streams running south , the
good little vessel behaving admirably as we make our way towards the east .
... man now declares he has seen clear water in the far distance , and the man on
deck , guided by his directions , struggles through the streams running south , the
good little vessel behaving admirably as we make our way towards the east .
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In the morning the ice had closed in around us , leaving about 200 yards of clear
water , and close by a larger lake was seen in which the narwhals could be heard
blowing . We lower a boat and let her " lie on bran , ” as they call a boat ready ...
In the morning the ice had closed in around us , leaving about 200 yards of clear
water , and close by a larger lake was seen in which the narwhals could be heard
blowing . We lower a boat and let her " lie on bran , ” as they call a boat ready ...
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... we are making sail in a clear lake of considerable extent , and also trending
southwards . One thing appears certainmany whaling captains confirming our
observationthat the ice never streams towards the north , any VP am portions
which ...
... we are making sail in a clear lake of considerable extent , and also trending
southwards . One thing appears certainmany whaling captains confirming our
observationthat the ice never streams towards the north , any VP am portions
which ...
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This indigo cloud is , after all , no cloud , but a reflection of the open water
beneath it — water we cannot see owing to our position , but clear water ready
waiting to receive us . Everywhere else in all directions the horizon is one
dazzling glare ...
This indigo cloud is , after all , no cloud , but a reflection of the open water
beneath it — water we cannot see owing to our position , but clear water ready
waiting to receive us . Everywhere else in all directions the horizon is one
dazzling glare ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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