The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Nature most Desolate - Deer Stalking - The Drive • CHAPTER VIII . Russian Memorials - Long Years of Waiting - Landing in Pursuit of Game - White Whale - Netting Large Game CHAPTER IX . A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent - A Signal not ...
... Nature most Desolate - Deer Stalking - The Drive • CHAPTER VIII . Russian Memorials - Long Years of Waiting - Landing in Pursuit of Game - White Whale - Netting Large Game CHAPTER IX . A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent - A Signal not ...
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... Nature most Desolate - Deer Stalking - The Drive . CHAPTER VIII . Russian Memorials - Long Years of Waiting - Landing in Pursuit of Game - White Whale - Netting Large Game CHAPTER IX . A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent - A Signal not ...
... Nature most Desolate - Deer Stalking - The Drive . CHAPTER VIII . Russian Memorials - Long Years of Waiting - Landing in Pursuit of Game - White Whale - Netting Large Game CHAPTER IX . A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent - A Signal not ...
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... natural sciences . It is also in- tended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands ...
... natural sciences . It is also in- tended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands ...
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... nature of the ground , the height of land , and the distribution of sea and land ; but it is theoretically probable that at the Pole the mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be ...
... nature of the ground , the height of land , and the distribution of sea and land ; but it is theoretically probable that at the Pole the mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be ...
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... nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect - to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly the scenes they describe ; but , after all , book descriptions , however ...
... nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect - to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly the scenes they describe ; but , after all , book descriptions , however ...
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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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