The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... shed a lustre upon the annals of the British Navy . At one time the motive for such enterprise was based upon commercial considerations , the desire being to B find a northerly passage to the wealth - producing East INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
... shed a lustre upon the annals of the British Navy . At one time the motive for such enterprise was based upon commercial considerations , the desire being to B find a northerly passage to the wealth - producing East INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
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... East Indies . At another time , the efforts of our men were urged on by the hope of relieving , or of ascertaining the fate of , Sir John Franklin and his crew . It is now well established that there is not the slightest chance of ...
... East Indies . At another time , the efforts of our men were urged on by the hope of relieving , or of ascertaining the fate of , Sir John Franklin and his crew . It is now well established that there is not the slightest chance of ...
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... east coast of Greenland , which he followed in a southerly direction , and doubled Cape Farewell . The west coast was then explored for about day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland ...
... east coast of Greenland , which he followed in a southerly direction , and doubled Cape Farewell . The west coast was then explored for about day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland ...
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... east route . Willoughby commanded the Bona Esperanza , Chancelor the Edward Bonaventure , and Durfoorth the Bona Confidentia . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as ...
... east route . Willoughby commanded the Bona Esperanza , Chancelor the Edward Bonaventure , and Durfoorth the Bona Confidentia . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as ...
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... East and North - West Pas- sages were organized and supported . In 1556 they sent Stephen Burrough out in the Serchthrift , and Sebastian Cabot , then eighty - eight years of age , saw the vessel off , and bade the expedition " God ...
... East and North - West Pas- sages were organized and supported . In 1556 they sent Stephen Burrough out in the Serchthrift , and Sebastian Cabot , then eighty - eight years of age , saw the vessel off , and bade the expedition " God ...
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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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