The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... carried out at less comparative expense than almost any other , and yet as efficiently as any . They are good examples , out of several journeys which might be instanced , illustrative of the fact that Arctic voyages have been and can ...
... carried out at less comparative expense than almost any other , and yet as efficiently as any . They are good examples , out of several journeys which might be instanced , illustrative of the fact that Arctic voyages have been and can ...
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... carried on . A large fiord was discovered in 73 ° 13 ' , which was ascended for seventy - two miles . This expedition was a very suc- cessful one from a scientific point of view , and was important in showing that on the east coast of ...
... carried on . A large fiord was discovered in 73 ° 13 ' , which was ascended for seventy - two miles . This expedition was a very suc- cessful one from a scientific point of view , and was important in showing that on the east coast of ...
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... carry out re- searches on the pendulum , as also in botany , geology , zoology , and other natural sciences . It is also in- tended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 ...
... carry out re- searches on the pendulum , as also in botany , geology , zoology , and other natural sciences . It is also in- tended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 ...
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... carrying away all the gunwale of the boat with one terrific blow , and had it not been for the harpoon lines which are always coiled down in the open spaces between the seats of the whale boat , and which served as a fender to the ...
... carrying away all the gunwale of the boat with one terrific blow , and had it not been for the harpoon lines which are always coiled down in the open spaces between the seats of the whale boat , and which served as a fender to the ...
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... carry the oil and blubber of such animals as we might be fortunate enough to capture on our way . On the 28th of May we were ready for the sea , but the men seemed evidently anxious to linger as much as possible along shore , and all ...
... carry the oil and blubber of such animals as we might be fortunate enough to capture on our way . On the 28th of May we were ready for the sea , but the men seemed evidently anxious to linger as much as possible along shore , and all ...
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12 Paternoster Row 65 Cornhill amongst animals Arctic circle Author Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer Demy 8vo difficulty direction distance drift east Edition expedition explored fathoms fiord floating floe flora gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock Iceland Illustrated INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Lancaster Sound land latitude London look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla observed once open water ourselves Parry party Polar Pole present Price published by Henry pursuit reached region reindeer rocks round sailed sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner scientific seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledge Smith Sound snow southward Spitzbergen sport Strait surface temperature thick tion vessel vols Waigatz walrus WALTER BAGEHOT warm weather whale Willem Barentsz wind winter