The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... noticed pre- sently , discovered Hudson's Bay ; and in 1610 he was nominated to the command of the Discovery , with a view to renewing the attempt to find the North - West Passage . He went into Frobisher's Bay , which was much ...
... noticed pre- sently , discovered Hudson's Bay ; and in 1610 he was nominated to the command of the Discovery , with a view to renewing the attempt to find the North - West Passage . He went into Frobisher's Bay , which was much ...
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... noticed was Burrough's . Pet did little more than follow in his footsteps , the principal novelty being the discovery of the southern passage of Vaigatz , known as the Strait of Nassau , in 1580. About this time some English vessel had ...
... noticed was Burrough's . Pet did little more than follow in his footsteps , the principal novelty being the discovery of the southern passage of Vaigatz , known as the Strait of Nassau , in 1580. About this time some English vessel had ...
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... noticed in the course of some deep- year . sca sounding experiments , that the water is of a high temperature at a depth of 400 fathoms , showing a difference of 9 ° at that depth when compared with the temperature at the surface ; a ...
... noticed in the course of some deep- year . sca sounding experiments , that the water is of a high temperature at a depth of 400 fathoms , showing a difference of 9 ° at that depth when compared with the temperature at the surface ; a ...
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... noticed the time slipping by . The 11th of May came at last , with a cold northerly wind and heavy rain , arguments which left no other alternative for us than the necessity of waiting for a favourable change . While we waited , Mr ...
... noticed the time slipping by . The 11th of May came at last , with a cold northerly wind and heavy rain , arguments which left no other alternative for us than the necessity of waiting for a favourable change . While we waited , Mr ...
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... the largest species of whale frequenting these seas ; as they bore down upon us they were regarded with seeming indifference by the men , though we gained some curious particulars re- specting them from Eddie , who noticed us gazing with.
... the largest species of whale frequenting these seas ; as they bore down upon us they were regarded with seeming indifference by the men , though we gained some curious particulars re- specting them from Eddie , who noticed us gazing with.
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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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