The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... round the 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 ...
... round the 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 ...
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... round the coast of the continent into James's Bay , where he wintered . On November 21 his crew mutinied , and he and a few others were turned adrift in a small boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button ...
... round the coast of the continent into James's Bay , where he wintered . On November 21 his crew mutinied , and he and a few others were turned adrift in a small boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button ...
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... round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's Channel . In 1851 the attempt to cross Parry's Sound was renewed , but without success . A more northern route ...
... round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's Channel . In 1851 the attempt to cross Parry's Sound was renewed , but without success . A more northern route ...
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... round Committee Bay 1200 1851. From Bear Lake and on Arctic coast . 1080 1851-2 . Attrabosca to St. Paul's , assisted by dogs for 450 miles 1854. From Repulse Bay to Castor and Pollux River . • 1730 1100 6290 Of this , 1765 miles was ...
... round Committee Bay 1200 1851. From Bear Lake and on Arctic coast . 1080 1851-2 . Attrabosca to St. Paul's , assisted by dogs for 450 miles 1854. From Repulse Bay to Castor and Pollux River . • 1730 1100 6290 Of this , 1765 miles was ...
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... round the sun in an elliptic orbit , so that it is at one time nearer the sun than at another . At the present time the Poles are farther from the sun in summer and winter than in spring and autumn . It has already been indicated that ...
... round the sun in an elliptic orbit , so that it is at one time nearer the sun than at another . At the present time the Poles are farther from the sun in summer and winter than in spring and autumn . It has already been indicated that ...
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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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