The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... masses was two or three inches thick . An accident happened to the Sofia in 81 ° N. , which compelled her to return to an anchorage in King Bay in order to be repaired ; but as she was too much damaged to do further work in the ice ...
... masses was two or three inches thick . An accident happened to the Sofia in 81 ° N. , which compelled her to return to an anchorage in King Bay in order to be repaired ; but as she was too much damaged to do further work in the ice ...
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... masses accumu- late most where there is most land , and by their melting they transfer the cold of higher latitudes to these more southern lands , and thus reduce their mean temperature . This has the effect of throwing the zone of ...
... masses accumu- late most where there is most land , and by their melting they transfer the cold of higher latitudes to these more southern lands , and thus reduce their mean temperature . This has the effect of throwing the zone of ...
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... masses occurred , it seems probable that they 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 ...
... masses occurred , it seems probable that they 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 ...
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... mass raise a parting shout as we slowly move towards the entrance of the dock , and hurrying to the next point of vantage , give many another hearty cheer , which told us plainly that their anxious and best wishes are sin- cerely with ...
... mass raise a parting shout as we slowly move towards the entrance of the dock , and hurrying to the next point of vantage , give many another hearty cheer , which told us plainly that their anxious and best wishes are sin- cerely with ...
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... mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it ... masses of ice often rolled over as we gazed upon them , owing to the water , being warmer below , causing the ice to ...
... mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it ... masses of ice often rolled over as we gazed upon them , owing to the water , being warmer below , causing the ice to ...
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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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