The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... 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 Johnsen also ...
... 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 Johnsen also ...
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... clear from the occurrence of sea ice in sheets formed of annual layers . These regions may be the truc sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the north ...
... clear from the occurrence of sea ice in sheets formed of annual layers . These regions may be the truc sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the north ...
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... clear of the land it settled down to its usual regular motion ; then we bustled along with a fair wind . Some of the seamen that were " floored " by sea sickness on first meeting with the rough water now shook off its effects , and as ...
... clear of the land it settled down to its usual regular motion ; then we bustled along with a fair wind . Some of the seamen that were " floored " by sea sickness on first meeting with the rough water now shook off its effects , and as ...
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... clear deep water of the beautiful bays indenting the coast they lead a comparatively easy life . Some speculative Americans established in one of these fiords a rather extensive fishing - station , hoping to derive large profits from ...
... clear deep water of the beautiful bays indenting the coast they lead a comparatively easy life . Some speculative Americans established in one of these fiords a rather extensive fishing - station , hoping to derive large profits from ...
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... clear days , while we waited for the appear- ance of the whale , we preserved the strictest silence , and as we waited and watched , he would glide on to the surface with a sudden but gentle motion , heaving a loud p - o - o - f as he ...
... clear days , while we waited for the appear- ance of the whale , we preserved the strictest silence , and as we waited and watched , he would glide on to the surface with a sudden but gentle motion , heaving a loud p - o - o - f as he ...
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