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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. In 80° 40 ' N . , sporadic blocks of
drift ice were encountered , which increased in number and size the farther the
ship went . The ice between the large ice masses was two or three inches thick .
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. In 80° 40 ' N . , sporadic blocks of
drift ice were encountered , which increased in number and size the farther the
ship went . The ice between the large ice masses was two or three inches thick .
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... a sea free from ice . In the night ice was struck drifting to the north , On
September 1 they were in 78° 48 ' North and about 42° E . Their further progress
was stopped not by ice , but by fogs and contrary winds . Contiguous land was
indicated ...
... a sea free from ice . In the night ice was struck drifting to the north , On
September 1 they were in 78° 48 ' North and about 42° E . Their further progress
was stopped not by ice , but by fogs and contrary winds . Contiguous land was
indicated ...
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Many of the most northern coasts reached are strewed with drift - wood , and
even trunks of trees , which in many cases appear to have come from the north .
A list of the species thus occurring would throw light upon the probable localities
...
Many of the most northern coasts reached are strewed with drift - wood , and
even trunks of trees , which in many cases appear to have come from the north .
A list of the species thus occurring would throw light upon the probable localities
...
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The drift also has its effect on the floating ice , driving it with sudden force , and
grinding each block against its immediate neighbour ; then the brittle floor soon
gets crushed and shattered in every direction . The newly - exposed fracture
glints ...
The drift also has its effect on the floating ice , driving it with sudden force , and
grinding each block against its immediate neighbour ; then the brittle floor soon
gets crushed and shattered in every direction . The newly - exposed fracture
glints ...
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Then the attention is roused by a report as of the firing of the heaviest ordnance ,
and the awful din is caused by the sudden rending of some vast frozen drift . The
lurid light known by the sailors as the ice blink played over all . “ Quod simul ac ...
Then the attention is roused by a report as of the firing of the heaviest ordnance ,
and the awful din is caused by the sudden rending of some vast frozen drift . The
lurid light known by the sailors as the ice blink played over all . “ Quod simul ac ...
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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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