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Barentsz ' s Voyage - Nova Zembla , Russians and Hollanders — Linschoten -
Gerard le Ver — The Waigatz - Adventure with a Bear — Barentsz and Rijp -
Beeren Island — Commencement of Winter - Sun Disappears — Effects of
Refraction ...
Barentsz ' s Voyage - Nova Zembla , Russians and Hollanders — Linschoten -
Gerard le Ver — The Waigatz - Adventure with a Bear — Barentsz and Rijp -
Beeren Island — Commencement of Winter - Sun Disappears — Effects of
Refraction ...
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These voyages had the effect of developing the Newfoundland cod - fishery ,
which was already well established in 1504 . In 1517 Sebastian Cabot entered
Hudson ' s Strait . After this there was a pause in the progress of Arctic discovery
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These voyages had the effect of developing the Newfoundland cod - fishery ,
which was already well established in 1504 . In 1517 Sebastian Cabot entered
Hudson ' s Strait . After this there was a pause in the progress of Arctic discovery
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This has the effect of throwing the zone of greatest cold towards the south ,
especially where the lands advance far north . Observations upon the thickness
of ice found each winter or each year at several localities would enable us to
define the ...
This has the effect of throwing the zone of greatest cold towards the south ,
especially where the lands advance far north . Observations upon the thickness
of ice found each winter or each year at several localities would enable us to
define the ...
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But the effect on the American continent 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 , Greenland , being a peninsula ...
But the effect on the American continent 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 , Greenland , being a peninsula ...
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... may conjecturally be inferred to be more voluminous in this direction than any
other , which would have the double effect of narrowing the ice - baud and of
rendering it brittle in structure and more easily penetrable . CHAPTER I . “ Fond
men ...
... may conjecturally be inferred to be more voluminous in this direction than any
other , which would have the double effect of narrowing the ice - baud and of
rendering it brittle in structure and more easily penetrable . CHAPTER I . “ Fond
men ...
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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 | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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