The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... four feet thick . In 1776 , Pagès is said to have reached 81 ° 30 ′ N. to the north of Spitzbergen . In 1806 Captain Scoresby reached as high as 81 ° 30 ′ , and reported that the sea was open for many leagues to the E.N.E .; but as his ...
... four feet thick . In 1776 , Pagès is said to have reached 81 ° 30 ′ N. to the north of Spitzbergen . In 1806 Captain Scoresby reached as high as 81 ° 30 ′ , and reported that the sea was open for many leagues to the E.N.E .; but as his ...
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... four miles wide , and apparently several years old . Extensive surveying and other scientific operations were carried on . A large fiord was discovered in 73 ° 13 ' , which was ascended for seventy - two miles . This expedition was a ...
... four miles wide , and apparently several years old . Extensive surveying and other scientific operations were carried on . A large fiord was discovered in 73 ° 13 ' , which was ascended for seventy - two miles . This expedition was a ...
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... four miles long , the shore of which is covered with drift - wood . He sailed along the east and south shores of this land , which were free from ice ; there was ice at the north end . In this year also the second cruise of the Sampson ...
... four miles long , the shore of which is covered with drift - wood . He sailed along the east and south shores of this land , which were free from ice ; there was ice at the north end . In this year also the second cruise of the Sampson ...
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... four hours at 66 ° 30 ′ N. to six months at the Pole . At the Pole the sun would be first seen above the horizon at the spring equinox , and would not again sink below it till the autumnal equinox . Early in the season its altitude ...
... four hours at 66 ° 30 ′ N. to six months at the Pole . At the Pole the sun would be first seen above the horizon at the spring equinox , and would not again sink below it till the autumnal equinox . Early in the season its altitude ...
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... government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric iron had been previously found near Upernavik , at Niakornik , Fortune Bay , Fisker-
... government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric iron had been previously found near Upernavik , at Niakornik , Fortune Bay , Fisker-
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