The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... sledge journeys , in the course of which he traced portions of King William's Island , Boothia Felix , and North Somerset ; but he crossed Brentford Bay without noticing Bellot's Strait , INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 17 which bounds the ...
... sledge journeys , in the course of which he traced portions of King William's Island , Boothia Felix , and North Somerset ; but he crossed Brentford Bay without noticing Bellot's Strait , INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 17 which bounds the ...
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... sledge journey . Back's voyage , in 1836 , failed in accomplishing its object , but the work which it was proposed to do was in great part effected in the years 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 , by Messrs . Dease and Simpson , who , in a series ...
... sledge journey . Back's voyage , in 1836 , failed in accomplishing its object , but the work which it was proposed to do was in great part effected in the years 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 , by Messrs . Dease and Simpson , who , in a series ...
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... sledge to Gateshead Island , thus overlapping the furthest point reached by Sir John Franklin . In 1851 Dr. Rae made a more minute examination of Boothia Felix , fully established the fact that King William's Island was an island , and ...
... sledge to Gateshead Island , thus overlapping the furthest point reached by Sir John Franklin . In 1851 Dr. Rae made a more minute examination of Boothia Felix , fully established the fact that King William's Island was an island , and ...
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... Expeditions were made on foot and in sledges , almost as far as 81 ° N. , or past the Humboldt Glacier , Peabody Bay , and into Kennedy Channel . The furthest point seen by Mr. Morton was Mount Parry , believed to be in 82 ° 14.
... Expeditions were made on foot and in sledges , almost as far as 81 ° N. , or past the Humboldt Glacier , Peabody Bay , and into Kennedy Channel . The furthest point seen by Mr. Morton was Mount Parry , believed to be in 82 ° 14.
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... sledges . The northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice ...
... sledges . The northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice ...
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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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