The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Seal Shooting- Shoals of Seals - Seals and their Habits - Collecting Seal Oil -A Long Jump - Fog Gathering - Dodges to get within Range - Disappointment - Seal Battue - Danger Averted 87 CHAPTER III . Peterhead Steamers - Fleet of ...
... Seal Shooting- Shoals of Seals - Seals and their Habits - Collecting Seal Oil -A Long Jump - Fog Gathering - Dodges to get within Range - Disappointment - Seal Battue - Danger Averted 87 CHAPTER III . Peterhead Steamers - Fleet of ...
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... SEAL STAR - FISH WALRUS SKELETON OF A WHALE WHALERS ICE IN SMITH SOUND REINDEER LAKE , WITH REINDEER WHITE WHALE REINDEER SEEN IN PASS A SHORT CUT MOUNTAIN RAVINE . 167 191 201 205 210 ib . 223 229 231 232 235 • 236 DANGEROUS DESCENT ...
... SEAL STAR - FISH WALRUS SKELETON OF A WHALE WHALERS ICE IN SMITH SOUND REINDEER LAKE , WITH REINDEER WHITE WHALE REINDEER SEEN IN PASS A SHORT CUT MOUNTAIN RAVINE . 167 191 201 205 210 ib . 223 229 231 232 235 • 236 DANGEROUS DESCENT ...
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... Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland , and induced many of his colonize the west coast of Greenland . He returned to countrymen to These colonists chiefly maintained themselves by hunting for whales , seals ,
... Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland , and induced many of his colonize the west coast of Greenland . He returned to countrymen to These colonists chiefly maintained themselves by hunting for whales , seals ,
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... seals , & c . , and by fishing ; and in their pursuit of these occupations they frequented some hunting sta- tions far to the north , one of which was called Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with ...
... seals , & c . , and by fishing ; and in their pursuit of these occupations they frequented some hunting sta- tions far to the north , one of which was called Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with ...
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... seals and whales in abundance . Chancelor pro- ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea , and returned home through Russia by way of Moscow . His success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many of the ...
... seals and whales in abundance . Chancelor pro- ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea , and returned home through Russia by way of Moscow . His success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many of the ...
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