The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... ourselves such wonders of the Arctic seas as fill all books of Arctic enterprise so far out of the beaten track of modern travel , -made peculiarly interesting at the pre- sent time , when the question of Arctic exploration is uppermost ...
... ourselves such wonders of the Arctic seas as fill all books of Arctic enterprise so far out of the beaten track of modern travel , -made peculiarly interesting at the pre- sent time , when the question of Arctic exploration is uppermost ...
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... and seek shelter . We anchor under the lee , with a crowd of other craft , who , like ourselves , are waiting for the wind . As the day breaks OUR CREW . 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet 62 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... and seek shelter . We anchor under the lee , with a crowd of other craft , who , like ourselves , are waiting for the wind . As the day breaks OUR CREW . 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet 62 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... ourselves due north . Now we turn to the men on board , and listen to the tales of daring they have to tell , so different in character to the usual experiences of men whose lot it is to sail in lower latitudes ; here the talk is of ...
... ourselves due north . Now we turn to the men on board , and listen to the tales of daring they have to tell , so different in character to the usual experiences of men whose lot it is to sail in lower latitudes ; here the talk is of ...
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... ourselves , we never could adopt so un - English and so unsportsmanlike a method . At the break of day inspecting our collection of telescopes and eye - glasses to test their various merits , THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing ...
... ourselves , we never could adopt so un - English and so unsportsmanlike a method . At the break of day inspecting our collection of telescopes and eye - glasses to test their various merits , THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing ...
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... ruin , that we found ourselves beneath the walls of this ancient keep , and as it had been raining all the time of SCALLOWAY CASTLE . 69 our weary search , we were. 68 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . RUINS OF SCALLOWAY CASTLE.
... ruin , that we found ourselves beneath the walls of this ancient keep , and as it had been raining all the time of SCALLOWAY CASTLE . 69 our weary search , we were. 68 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . RUINS OF SCALLOWAY CASTLE.
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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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