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In 1850 Captain M ' Clure proceeded through Behring ' s Strait , doubled Point
Barrow , and continued into the south end of Banks ' s Land or Baring ' s Island .
He then passed through Prince of Wales ' s Strait , and got stopped by the ice in ...
In 1850 Captain M ' Clure proceeded through Behring ' s Strait , doubled Point
Barrow , and continued into the south end of Banks ' s Land or Baring ' s Island .
He then passed through Prince of Wales ' s Strait , and got stopped by the ice in ...
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... seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , 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 .
... seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , 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 .
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Beyond this he continued for nearly a week in a general northerly bearing , and
on June 27 again saw land , which he named Newland or Greenland , but which
seems to have been Spitzbergen , near Vogelhoek , in 78° 53 ' N . For the next ...
Beyond this he continued for nearly a week in a general northerly bearing , and
on June 27 again saw land , which he named Newland or Greenland , but which
seems to have been Spitzbergen , near Vogelhoek , in 78° 53 ' N . For the next ...
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153 The pity for the living fly was continued to its remains . Nature had composed
its limbs in placid repose , and a suitable site being found in which to deposit the
dust , it was suitably interred . There was as much propriety in the mourners as ...
153 The pity for the living fly was continued to its remains . Nature had composed
its limbs in placid repose , and a suitable site being found in which to deposit the
dust , it was suitably interred . There was as much propriety in the mourners as ...
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... how knew they but that , like the flies , they might one by one yield up life there ,
till the last man , without the consolation of sympathy , would leave this unburied
corpse " where friends come not . ” We continued to wage successful sport with ...
... how knew they but that , like the flies , they might one by one yield up life there ,
till the last man , without the consolation of sympathy , would leave this unburied
corpse " where friends come not . ” We continued to wage successful sport with ...
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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 | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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