The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... coming on , he was obliged to go into harbour , where he was frozen in on September 22. During the winter sledge journeys were made , and the highest latitude reached was 77 ° 1 ' N. , on April 15 , 1870 , when severe storms drove the ...
... coming on , he was obliged to go into harbour , where he was frozen in on September 22. During the winter sledge journeys were made , and the highest latitude reached was 77 ° 1 ' N. , on April 15 , 1870 , when severe storms drove the ...
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... coming in sudden contact with a passing fish , probably attracted by the shining metal , sink deeply into the quivering side of the incautious codling , and he is hauled on board . We have many times seen the savage islanders of the ...
... coming in sudden contact with a passing fish , probably attracted by the shining metal , sink deeply into the quivering side of the incautious codling , and he is hauled on board . We have many times seen the savage islanders of the ...
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... 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 , and who stepped on to the rocks as the vessel went down -reminding us of the ...
... 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 , and who stepped on to the rocks as the vessel went down -reminding us of the ...
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... coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the ...
... coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the ...
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... coming for a few hours are often detained a week on the shore , waiting for a chance of escape , and we were well aware of this fact , as the stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind ...
... coming for a few hours are often detained a week on the shore , waiting for a chance of escape , and we were well aware of this fact , as the stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind ...
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