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Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the
North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound
Advocates — The Lydiana — New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System .
Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the
North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound
Advocates — The Lydiana — New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System .
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From the scientific point of view , it is a matter which requires both government
and private enterprise . Many people , however , ask what is the use of such
explorations ? Who cares , say they , for a lot of barren ice - clad lands or frozen
seas ...
From the scientific point of view , it is a matter which requires both government
and private enterprise . Many people , however , ask what is the use of such
explorations ? Who cares , say they , for a lot of barren ice - clad lands or frozen
seas ...
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The first land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoidsaerk (
white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn ' s
Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
The first land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoidsaerk (
white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn ' s
Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
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... Icelanders traditions of their former occupation of Greenland and portions of
the American continent . John Cabot , a native of Venice , but established as a
merchant at Bristol , may also have heard of the western lands from the same
source ...
... Icelanders traditions of their former occupation of Greenland and portions of
the American continent . John Cabot , a native of Venice , but established as a
merchant at Bristol , may also have heard of the western lands from the same
source ...
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When off the Norwegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby
proceeded as far as Willoughby ' s Land , which is probably a portion of Nova
Zembla , and wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
When off the Norwegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby
proceeded as far as Willoughby ' s Land , which is probably a portion of Nova
Zembla , and wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
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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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