The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... west side of Baffin's Bay . He saw Cary Islands , Jones's Sound , and Lan- caster Sound , which was blocked up by ice ( July 12 ) . · INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 13 Through stress of weather , 12 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... west side of Baffin's Bay . He saw Cary Islands , Jones's Sound , and Lan- caster Sound , which was blocked up by ice ( July 12 ) . · INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 13 Through stress of weather , 12 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... weather , together with the ill - health of his crew , he was unable to ascend these sounds , and was compelled to make for the coast of Greenland . His report of the great abundance of whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery ...
... weather , together with the ill - health of his crew , he was unable to ascend these sounds , and was compelled to make for the coast of Greenland . His report of the great abundance of whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery ...
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... weather was clear , he could see no land to the north . This is not the Gillis Land of old geographers , which is pro- bably identical with another group of islands about sixty miles farther north . In the summer of 1872 , Captain ...
... weather was clear , he could see no land to the north . This is not the Gillis Land of old geographers , which is pro- bably identical with another group of islands about sixty miles farther north . In the summer of 1872 , Captain ...
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... weather in relation to the movements of the ice in the far north ( a knowledge to be gained only by long experience and the keenest interest in the subject ) would have been to us of the greatest possible value ; for it is needless to ...
... weather in relation to the movements of the ice in the far north ( a knowledge to be gained only by long experience and the keenest interest in the subject ) would have been to us of the greatest possible value ; for it is needless to ...
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... weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable change , and , without more ado , put into Leith Roads , where we made everything secure . Once again we are under weigh ...
... weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable change , and , without more ado , put into Leith Roads , where we made everything secure . Once again we are under weigh ...
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