The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... travelling , for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ; and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all ...
... travelling , for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ; and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all ...
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... travelled round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's Channel . In 1851 the attempt to cross Parry's Sound was renewed , but without success . A more ...
... travelled round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's Channel . In 1851 the attempt to cross Parry's Sound was renewed , but without success . A more ...
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... travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a steamer could get through . On July 23 the INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 27 ...
... travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a steamer could get through . On July 23 the INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 27 ...
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... travelling over the ice . From 1835 to 1840 a scientific commission , under the direction of Gaimard , explored and drew up volumi- nous reports on Iceland , Greenland , and Spitzbergen . From 1858 onwards the Swedes have been making ...
... travelling over the ice . From 1835 to 1840 a scientific commission , under the direction of Gaimard , explored and drew up volumi- nous reports on Iceland , Greenland , and Spitzbergen . From 1858 onwards the Swedes have been making ...
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... travelling . There is no proof that the land extends to the Pole , nor that the ice does so . If there is a discontinuity of ice and land the sledge parties will have a special difficulty in reaching the point they aim for . The absence ...
... travelling . There is no proof that the land extends to the Pole , nor that the ice does so . If there is a discontinuity of ice and land the sledge parties will have a special difficulty in reaching the point they aim for . The absence ...
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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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