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1 CHAPTER I . Old Whaling Captains - Our Schooner - Sealers — Ice
DangersOur Crew - Ralph the Rover — The Shetlands - Scalloway Castle -
Lerwick — Hard Times - Hialtlandia - Over - Greediness - Fin Whales - Right
Whales - Whales ...
1 CHAPTER I . Old Whaling Captains - Our Schooner - Sealers — Ice
DangersOur Crew - Ralph the Rover — The Shetlands - Scalloway Castle -
Lerwick — Hard Times - Hialtlandia - Over - Greediness - Fin Whales - Right
Whales - Whales ...
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Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the
North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound
Advocates — The Lydiana — New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System .
Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the
North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound
Advocates — The Lydiana — New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System .
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In this year also the second cruise of the Sampson schooner yacht took place to
the Spitzbergen Seas , of which an account is given in the present volume .
Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80° 30 ' N . , 12° E . ;
her ...
In this year also the second cruise of the Sampson schooner yacht took place to
the Spitzbergen Seas , of which an account is given in the present volume .
Although it was an unusually close season , she reached 80° 30 ' N . , 12° E . ;
her ...
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An invitation from a friend , casually given , to join him in two days ' time , at the
Port of Hull , from whence he intended to sail on a summer cruise to the far north
in his schooner - yacht , left but little time to make the necessary arrangements for
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An invitation from a friend , casually given , to join him in two days ' time , at the
Port of Hull , from whence he intended to sail on a summer cruise to the far north
in his schooner - yacht , left but little time to make the necessary arrangements for
...
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We were at Hull at the time appointed , and there we found the splendid
schooner - yacht , in the care of the worthy harbour - master of that busy place , at
whose hands our good ship was receiving the last finishing touches previous to
starting ...
We were at Hull at the time appointed , and there we found the splendid
schooner - yacht , in the care of the worthy harbour - master of that busy place , at
whose hands our good ship was receiving the last finishing touches previous to
starting ...
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animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew Crown danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet floating force formed four gained give Greenland hands head hope interest Island journey kind land latitude leave less look masses means miles mountain nature northern noticed object observed once ourselves party passed Polar Pole present probably proved pursuit reached regions remains rest rise rocks round sailed sailors schooner seal season seems seen ship shore short shot side sight soon Sound Spitzbergen sport Strait success surface temperature travelling turned vessel voyage warm weather whale whole wind winter
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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