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On November 21 his crew mutinied , and he and a few others were turned adrift
in a small boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button ,
accompanied by Bylot and Prickett , explored portions of Southampton Island and
...
On November 21 his crew mutinied , and he and a few others were turned adrift
in a small boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button ,
accompanied by Bylot and Prickett , explored portions of Southampton Island and
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In 1858 Sir Leopold McClintock and his expedition found some documents , from
which it appears that Franklin proceeded through Lancaster Sound , and up
Wellington Channel , to the north of Bathurst and Grinnell Island ; then they
turned ...
In 1858 Sir Leopold McClintock and his expedition found some documents , from
which it appears that Franklin proceeded through Lancaster Sound , and up
Wellington Channel , to the north of Bathurst and Grinnell Island ; then they
turned ...
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Turning south again they were . beset in the middle ice , and all these difficulties
were encountered by a ship hardly supplied with necessaries for the voyage out .
The Diana was short also in her coal supply , and when her last bushel was ...
Turning south again they were . beset in the middle ice , and all these difficulties
were encountered by a ship hardly supplied with necessaries for the voyage out .
The Diana was short also in her coal supply , and when her last bushel was ...
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We made a quick passage to the ship , and having " an imposition of sleep upon
us , ” we turned in for five hours until breakfast time . Going on deck again , we
found the wind still off the land , bringing down with it blasts of air that had
become ...
We made a quick passage to the ship , and having " an imposition of sleep upon
us , ” we turned in for five hours until breakfast time . Going on deck again , we
found the wind still off the land , bringing down with it blasts of air that had
become ...
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105 obstacles with greater care , backing off , filling again , heaving about ,
twisting this way and that , and by the help of ropes and poles , turning the
schooner whenever the ice ahead is too thick to contend with . When once a wall
of ice is ...
105 obstacles with greater care , backing off , filling again , heaving about ,
twisting this way and that , and by the help of ropes and poles , turning the
schooner whenever the ice ahead is too thick to contend with . When once a wall
of ice is ...
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animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew Crown danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet floating force formed four gained give Greenland hands head hope interest Island journey kind land latitude leave less look masses means miles mountain nature northern noticed object observed once ourselves party passed Polar Pole present probably proved pursuit reached regions remains rest rise rocks round sailed sailors schooner seal season seems seen ship shore short shot side sight soon Sound Spitzbergen sport Strait success surface temperature travelling turned vessel voyage warm weather whale whole wind winter
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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