The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... fire , and enjoy what humble fare she had to offer , we inspected such details of the medieval Celtic architecture as remained ; we saw the solid arches on which the upper stories of the building rested ; and while we speculated on the ...
... fire , and enjoy what humble fare she had to offer , we inspected such details of the medieval Celtic architecture as remained ; we saw the solid arches on which the upper stories of the building rested ; and while we speculated on the ...
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... fires during the long winter season ; in return , the grateful Shetlanders almost deified their benefactor , and to this day he is known as Torf Einar . We heard , too , of the long suffering , patient endurance of the martyr St. Magnus ...
... fires during the long winter season ; in return , the grateful Shetlanders almost deified their benefactor , and to this day he is known as Torf Einar . We heard , too , of the long suffering , patient endurance of the martyr St. Magnus ...
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... fire to try out the oil . The blubber is hard and cartilaginous , not unlike soft glue . Its blowing can be distinguished at a distance by being whiter and lower than that of Balana mysti- cetus . ADVENTURES WITH WHALES . 85 Next day ...
... fire to try out the oil . The blubber is hard and cartilaginous , not unlike soft glue . Its blowing can be distinguished at a distance by being whiter and lower than that of Balana mysti- cetus . ADVENTURES WITH WHALES . 85 Next day ...
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... fire ; huge piles of driftwood , once stately trees on the side of some Siberian river , torn down by one of those periodical inundations which devastate the northern lands of the earth , and , hurried along by the torrent , floated out ...
... fire ; huge piles of driftwood , once stately trees on the side of some Siberian river , torn down by one of those periodical inundations which devastate the northern lands of the earth , and , hurried along by the torrent , floated out ...
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... fire ; huge piles of driftwood , once stately trees on the side of some Siberian river , torn down by one of those periodical inundations which devastate the northern lands of the earth , and , hurried along by the torrent , floated out ...
... fire ; huge piles of driftwood , once stately trees on the side of some Siberian river , torn down by one of those periodical inundations which devastate the northern lands of the earth , and , hurried along by the torrent , floated out ...
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