The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 73
... sport ; if the formidable array of whaling and sealing weapons , as well as the well appointed armoury , could be any guarantee for our success . We have much serious work to occupy us as well ; the many costly scientific instruments ...
... sport ; if the formidable array of whaling and sealing weapons , as well as the well appointed armoury , could be any guarantee for our success . We have much serious work to occupy us as well ; the many costly scientific instruments ...
Página 81
... sport , we could see the peculiar inclination forwards which formed the first part of the curve in which the drive is made . The odour of a whale is most unpleasant , and he leaves a slimy track behind him , just such a track as some ...
... sport , we could see the peculiar inclination forwards which formed the first part of the curve in which the drive is made . The odour of a whale is most unpleasant , and he leaves a slimy track behind him , just such a track as some ...
Página 108
... diver , affords us some sport during the necessarily slow progress of our voyage . He requires to be hard hit , as the feathers are so SHOALS OF SEALS . 109 thick and closely packed they 108 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... diver , affords us some sport during the necessarily slow progress of our voyage . He requires to be hard hit , as the feathers are so SHOALS OF SEALS . 109 thick and closely packed they 108 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Página 111
... sport is not without its dangers . All is excite- ment now , and we sit prepared for action . There ! the great head of a seal rises above the water close to the boat . We fire , and miss what might seem an easy chance ; but the motion ...
... sport is not without its dangers . All is excite- ment now , and we sit prepared for action . There ! the great head of a seal rises above the water close to the boat . We fire , and miss what might seem an easy chance ; but the motion ...
Página 111
... sport is not without its dangers . All is excite- ment now , and we sit prepared for action . There ! the great head of a seal rises above the water close to the boat . We fire , and miss what might seem an easy chance ; but the motion ...
... sport is not without its dangers . All is excite- ment now , and we sit prepared for action . There ! the great head of a seal rises above the water close to the boat . We fire , and miss what might seem an easy chance ; but the motion ...
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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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