The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Formation of Ice - Long Time getting to 83 ° -If they had a Steamer - New Appliances - Dogs not Approved of — Shall we go North ? -Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the North - Spitzbergen ...
... Formation of Ice - Long Time getting to 83 ° -If they had a Steamer - New Appliances - Dogs not Approved of — Shall we go North ? -Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the North - Spitzbergen ...
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... formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns which Bear Island produced . " In Greenland fossil plants belonging to several periods have been discovered . Those ...
... formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns which Bear Island produced . " In Greenland fossil plants belonging to several periods have been discovered . Those ...
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... formed of annual layers . These regions may be , the true sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the north , may arise from the area where the sea is ...
... formed of annual layers . These regions may be , the true sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the north , may arise from the area where the sea is ...
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... formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric ...
... formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric ...
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... formed in regions of perennial ice . The Spitzbergen route certainly must be the best of all for the purpose mentioned ; but , in addition to this , it has , like the Smith Sound route , special attractions to a scientific expedition ...
... formed in regions of perennial ice . The Spitzbergen route certainly must be the best of all for the purpose mentioned ; but , in addition to this , it has , like the Smith Sound route , special attractions to a scientific expedition ...
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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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