The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 53
Página 10
... seems to have reached the North Water , and hence to have been the pioneer to this well - known whaling ground . The account of Barentsz's voyages is given in the body of our work , and here we may allude only to the discovery which was ...
... seems to have reached the North Water , and hence to have been the pioneer to this well - known whaling ground . The account of Barentsz's voyages is given in the body of our work , and here we may allude only to the discovery which was ...
Página 25
... seems to have been Spitzbergen , near Vogelhoek , in 78 ° 53 ′ N. For the next fortnight he tacked about . In July he seems to have advanced as far north as the Seven Islands , but the ice prevented him from reaching a higher latitude ...
... seems to have been Spitzbergen , near Vogelhoek , in 78 ° 53 ′ N. For the next fortnight he tacked about . In July he seems to have advanced as far north as the Seven Islands , but the ice prevented him from reaching a higher latitude ...
Página 28
... , reindeer , musk oxen , and other ter- restrial animals occur in great abundance , while the climate seems to be mild . Another important voyage INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 26 29 was made in the autumn 28 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... , reindeer , musk oxen , and other ter- restrial animals occur in great abundance , while the climate seems to be mild . Another important voyage INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 26 29 was made in the autumn 28 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Página 37
... Kassok are very old , but the age has not been determined . They however seem to be similar in character with those from the lower cretaceous beds at Korne . At this place these beds represent terrestrial conditions , there being.
... Kassok are very old , but the age has not been determined . They however seem to be similar in character with those from the lower cretaceous beds at Korne . At this place these beds represent terrestrial conditions , there being.
Página 40
... seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting about 40 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting about 40 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 360 - Field and Forest Rambles of a Naturalist in New Brunswick. With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada.
Página 361 - Almost every page abounds with composition of peculiar merit, as well as with an account of some thrilling event more exciting than any to be found in an ordinary work of fiction.