The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... present in use ; and we have learnt all , or nearly all , that it is possible to do respecting Sir John Franklin and his crew . For many years past the English Government has relaxed its efforts , and the lead is being taken by other ...
... present in use ; and we have learnt all , or nearly all , that it is possible to do respecting Sir John Franklin and his crew . For many years past the English Government has relaxed its efforts , and the lead is being taken by other ...
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... present phase of Arctic Explora- tion , the characteristic feature of which is the attempt to reach the Pole , combined more or less with a spirit of scientific inquiry , promises to be a more glorious one than either of the two ...
... present phase of Arctic Explora- tion , the characteristic feature of which is the attempt to reach the Pole , combined more or less with a spirit of scientific inquiry , promises to be a more glorious one than either of the two ...
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... present volume . Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80 ° 30 ' N. , 12 ° E .; her further advance being checked by a leak caused by ice nips . She sailed from the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return ...
... present volume . Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80 ° 30 ' N. , 12 ° E .; her further advance being checked by a leak caused by ice nips . She sailed from the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return ...
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... present time the Poles are farther from the sun in summer and winter than in spring and autumn . It has already been indicated that the North Pole is warmed up during the summer , and as the warming of the South Pole occurs under ...
... present time the Poles are farther from the sun in summer and winter than in spring and autumn . It has already been indicated that the North Pole is warmed up during the summer , and as the warming of the South Pole occurs under ...
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... present eccentricity of the earth's orbit is slight compared to what it has been in past times . At present the earth is 3,000,000 miles less than the mean distance nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods ...
... present eccentricity of the earth's orbit is slight compared to what it has been in past times . At present the earth is 3,000,000 miles less than the mean distance nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods ...
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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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