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We calculated on a journey of some months ' duration , with a lurking
apprehension of a possibility of having to winter somewhere in theby all accounts
— inhospitable region , where , if people are once “ beset , ” they must prepare to
endure ...
We calculated on a journey of some months ' duration , with a lurking
apprehension of a possibility of having to winter somewhere in theby all accounts
— inhospitable region , where , if people are once “ beset , ” they must prepare to
endure ...
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He had difficulties to contend with in this voyage , of no small degree . Frozen for
three weeks in the pack that surrounded them , they drifted south as far as
Iceland , but at length the ice gave way , and they were once more set free . The
pursuit ...
He had difficulties to contend with in this voyage , of no small degree . Frozen for
three weeks in the pack that surrounded them , they drifted south as far as
Iceland , but at length the ice gave way , and they were once more set free . The
pursuit ...
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We distinctly remember one solemn warning he gave us against too hastily
landing upon ice , or even ice - bergs , in pursuit of game , and told us that once
he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of
shooting ...
We distinctly remember one solemn warning he gave us against too hastily
landing upon ice , or even ice - bergs , in pursuit of game , and told us that once
he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of
shooting ...
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OUR CREW 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet is again in motion , all being
evidently as anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the
sails are once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay ...
OUR CREW 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet is again in motion , all being
evidently as anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the
sails are once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay ...
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Once again we are under weigh , and scudding before a pleasant breeze , we
pass the Bell Rock Lighthouse , which now supplies the necessary warning
formerly given by the famous Bell , whose curious history is recorded by Robert ...
Once again we are under weigh , and scudding before a pleasant breeze , we
pass the Bell Rock Lighthouse , which now supplies the necessary warning
formerly given by the famous Bell , whose curious history is recorded by Robert ...
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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 | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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