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You are not going to educate us , work us up to the point of nautical perfection ,
awaken hopes and ambition , and then give us oakum to pick ; or run us over the
mast - head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual ...
You are not going to educate us , work us up to the point of nautical perfection ,
awaken hopes and ambition , and then give us oakum to pick ; or run us over the
mast - head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual ...
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... Wise Genius ! by thy help , that so we may descry How thy fair mountains stand
, and how thy valleys lie . ” We need hardly , then , dilate upon the run our
schooner made through this intricate passage . Fitful Head was rendered
strangely ...
... Wise Genius ! by thy help , that so we may descry How thy fair mountains stand
, and how thy valleys lie . ” We need hardly , then , dilate upon the run our
schooner made through this intricate passage . Fitful Head was rendered
strangely ...
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In an animal measured by my friend Dr . Murie , he found the entire length to be
sixty feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in
common with most of the family Balænopterido , does not go far north as a rule ,
says Mr ...
In an animal measured by my friend Dr . Murie , he found the entire length to be
sixty feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in
common with most of the family Balænopterido , does not go far north as a rule ,
says Mr ...
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Then there are the lances , and harpoons of various kinds ; one harpoon head
having the handle firmly fixed , to which the line is secured ; another has the
handle made to disengage itself when the harpoon , to which the line is attached
, is ...
Then there are the lances , and harpoons of various kinds ; one harpoon head
having the handle firmly fixed , to which the line is secured ; another has the
handle made to disengage itself when the harpoon , to which the line is attached
, is ...
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... passing over our heads really darkened the air above us , and , as they swept
along like a thick cloud , wheeling suddenly in their fight , produced a curious
effect , — the dull - looking 4 BRENT GEESE , EIDER DUCKS , AND YOUNG
SNOW ...
... passing over our heads really darkened the air above us , and , as they swept
along like a thick cloud , wheeling suddenly in their fight , produced a curious
effect , — the dull - looking 4 BRENT GEESE , EIDER DUCKS , AND YOUNG
SNOW ...
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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 | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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