The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... successes which are simply scientific . Arctic voyages have yielded good fruit in the past , and there is every prospect of greater gains accruing to science from the explorations of the future . The present phase of Arctic Explora ...
... successes which are simply scientific . Arctic voyages have yielded good fruit in the past , and there is every prospect of greater gains accruing to science from the explorations of the future . The present phase of Arctic Explora ...
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... success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many of the subsequent expedi- tions in search of the North - East and North - West Pas- sages were organized and supported . In 1556 they sent Stephen ...
... success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many of the subsequent expedi- tions in search of the North - East and North - West Pas- sages were organized and supported . In 1556 they sent Stephen ...
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... successful and ably - conducted Arctic voyages which had yet been made . He discovered the islands of North Devon ... success . In 1825 a series of explorations were organised : Franklin , in this and following years , surveyed the ...
... successful and ably - conducted Arctic voyages which had yet been made . He discovered the islands of North Devon ... success . In 1825 a series of explorations were organised : Franklin , in this and following years , surveyed the ...
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... success . A more northern route was tried , but he was compelled to take shelter in the Bay of Mercy , on the north side of Baring's Island . The ship was ice - bound during the next two winters , being relieved by Captain Kellett , of ...
... success . A more northern route was tried , but he was compelled to take shelter in the Bay of Mercy , on the north side of Baring's Island . The ship was ice - bound during the next two winters , being relieved by Captain Kellett , of ...
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... successful by this route than by the others . The failures to reach the Pole by this route have frequently been brought forward as an objection ; but this objec- tion equally applies to the Smith Sound route . The special advantage ...
... successful by this route than by the others . The failures to reach the Pole by this route have frequently been brought forward as an objection ; but this objec- tion equally applies to the Smith Sound route . The special advantage ...
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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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