The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with double ...
... evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with double ...
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... evidently as anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the sails are once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay a little closer to the wind , but we soon overreach them , and the fine ...
... evidently as anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the sails are once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay a little closer to the wind , but we soon overreach them , and the fine ...
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... evidently anxious to linger as much as possible along shore , and all our efforts to draw them away from such allure- ments as held them enthralled proved unavailing , until we hit upon a plan which soon brought them to their senses ...
... evidently anxious to linger as much as possible along shore , and all our efforts to draw them away from such allure- ments as held them enthralled proved unavailing , until we hit upon a plan which soon brought them to their senses ...
Página 95
... evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale - boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ; fragments of wrecks of ships that once fought bravely against the ice , but , beaten at last in some dread ...
... evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale - boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ; fragments of wrecks of ships that once fought bravely against the ice , but , beaten at last in some dread ...
Página 95
... evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale - boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ; fragments of wrecks of ships that once fought bravely against the ice , but , beaten at last in some dread ...
... evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale - boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ; fragments of wrecks of ships that once fought bravely against the ice , but , beaten at last in some dread ...
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animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet fire 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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