The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... driven into the sea . But the effect on the American conti- nent would be to bring the Scandinavian flora into competition with an American flora that preoccupied the lands into which it was driven . On the decline of the glacial epoch ...
... driven into the sea . But the effect on the American conti- nent would be to bring the Scandinavian flora into competition with an American flora that preoccupied the lands into which it was driven . On the decline of the glacial epoch ...
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... driven out of Greenland , but were preserved in the United States , would reappear on the Polar Islands and Labrador , accompanied with sundry American mountain types ; and , on the other , that a few Greenland Scandinavian types which ...
... driven out of Greenland , but were preserved in the United States , would reappear on the Polar Islands and Labrador , accompanied with sundry American mountain types ; and , on the other , that a few Greenland Scandinavian types which ...
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... driven us upon a lee - shore , that we began to breathe in security . One of the Shetlanders , who hailed from some place close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather ...
... driven us upon a lee - shore , that we began to breathe in security . One of the Shetlanders , who hailed from some place close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather ...
Página 82
... to action this powerful is driven with enormous muscular force ; then the lobes are more rigidly exerted , and the body acquires organ WHALES FOOD . 83 an undulating motion from side to. 82 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . WHALES' FOOD.
... to action this powerful is driven with enormous muscular force ; then the lobes are more rigidly exerted , and the body acquires organ WHALES FOOD . 83 an undulating motion from side to. 82 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . WHALES' FOOD.
Página 122
... driven home with all our force ; and it passes right through the clumsy body of the seal . Of the six bullets fired at him , two we found had actually grazed his skull , and these wounds did not certainly add to his beauty . Dragging ...
... driven home with all our force ; and it passes right through the clumsy body of the seal . Of the six bullets fired at him , two we found had actually grazed his skull , and these wounds did not certainly add to his beauty . Dragging ...
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amongst animals Arctic circle Arctic seas Barentsz bear Beerenberg boat Cape Captain coast cold crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora force gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Kennedy Channel Lancaster Sound land latitude look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal North Somerset northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack Parry party Polar Pole present pursuit reached regions reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport steamer Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel voyage Waigatz walrus warm water weather whale wind winter
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