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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 as mo with double
planking ...
... 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 as mo with double
planking ...
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OUR CREW 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet is again in motion , all being
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 ...
OUR CREW 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet is again in motion , all being
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 ...
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On the 28th of May we were ready for the sea , but the men seemed evidently
anxious to linger as much as possible along shore , and all our efforts to draw
them away from such allurements as held them enthralled proved unavailing ,
until we ...
On the 28th of May we were ready for the sea , but the men seemed evidently
anxious to linger as much as possible along shore , and all our efforts to draw
them away from such allurements as held them enthralled proved unavailing ,
until we ...
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We picked up the little glass floats used by the Norwegian herring fishermen for
buoying up their drift nets , that had evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale -
boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ...
We picked up the little glass floats used by the Norwegian herring fishermen for
buoying up their drift nets , that had evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale -
boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ...
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... same time so weirdlooking . We had a long ten - hour walk , and were
rewarded by the discovery of a hitherto unnoticed crater , whose position we
carefully noted . The place was blocked with scoria , which was evidently of
recent formation .
... same time so weirdlooking . We had a long ten - hour walk , and were
rewarded by the discovery of a hitherto unnoticed crater , whose position we
carefully noted . The place was blocked with scoria , which was evidently of
recent formation .
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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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