The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... close of the fifteenth century . The names of Willoughby , Frobisher , Davis , Hudson , Baffin , Ross , Parry , Frank- lin , Scoresby , Beechy , Back , and many others belong- ing to individuals who are yet alive , recall to our minds ...
... close of the fifteenth century . The names of Willoughby , Frobisher , Davis , Hudson , Baffin , Ross , Parry , Frank- lin , Scoresby , Beechy , Back , and many others belong- ing to individuals who are yet alive , recall to our minds ...
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... 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 Hull , September 26. In ...
... 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 Hull , September 26. In ...
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... close at hand in the second boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and ...
... close at hand in the second boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and ...
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... close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather , and suddenly struck these high cliffs ; all on board were lost , except two men who happened to be aloft in the rigging ...
... close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather , and suddenly struck these high cliffs ; all on board were lost , except two men who happened to be aloft in the rigging ...
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... close to the stern . Their gambols rouse our desire to test the powers of the harpoon - gun ; but all hands are now busy with the various preparations for the coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more ...
... close to the stern . Their gambols rouse our desire to test the powers of the harpoon - gun ; but all hands are now busy with the various preparations for the coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more ...
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