The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... northern part of Norway , and along a portion of the north coast of Russia . Soon after this an Icelandic fisherman , Gembiorn , got caught in a gale which drove him a long way to the west . The first land he sighted was Cape Farewell ...
... northern part of Norway , and along a portion of the north coast of Russia . Soon after this an Icelandic fisherman , Gembiorn , got caught in a gale which drove him a long way to the west . The first land he sighted was Cape Farewell ...
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... Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with Disco Island . The region beyond Northern Sæta they called Furthern Stranda , of which Baffin's Bay was a part . How far north they advanced it is difficult to ...
... Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with Disco Island . The region beyond Northern Sæta they called Furthern Stranda , of which Baffin's Bay was a part . How far north they advanced it is difficult to ...
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... northern part of Wol- laston Land , which he named Prince Albert Land . Parties sent out by him travelled round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's ...
... northern part of Wol- laston Land , which he named Prince Albert Land . Parties sent out by him travelled round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's ...
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... northern shores of Melville , Bathurst , and Cornwallis Islands . In 1851 and 1852 Captain Collinson sailed through Behring's Strait , through Dolphin and Union Strait , to Victoria Land , and proceeded in sledge to Gateshead Island ...
... northern shores of Melville , Bathurst , and Cornwallis Islands . In 1851 and 1852 Captain Collinson sailed through Behring's Strait , through Dolphin and Union Strait , to Victoria Land , and proceeded in sledge to Gateshead Island ...
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... northern land known in this region , and is almost as northerly as the Liakhow Islands . The voyages in search of the North - East Passage and in the Spitzbergen Sea may now be resumed . The last we noticed was Burrough's . Pet did ...
... northern land known in this region , and is almost as northerly as the Liakhow Islands . The voyages in search of the North - East Passage and in the Spitzbergen Sea may now be resumed . The last we noticed was Burrough's . Pet did ...
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