The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... sink . At a certain distance south of the North Pole the period of constant daylight would be five months , but the sun would attain a greater INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 33 33 maximum height in the sky 32 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... sink . At a certain distance south of the North Pole the period of constant daylight would be five months , but the sun would attain a greater INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 33 33 maximum height in the sky 32 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... distance nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods it has been 14,500,000 miles less ... distance : so that if the Arctic Pole were exposed to this greater heat during summer , the temperature , other ...
... distance nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods it has been 14,500,000 miles less ... distance : so that if the Arctic Pole were exposed to this greater heat during summer , the temperature , other ...
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... distance from England is so great , that the expense and time required would be greater by that route than the others ; that the ice presents greater difficulties there ; and that ships which have gone by this route have not been able ...
... distance from England is so great , that the expense and time required would be greater by that route than the others ; that the ice presents greater difficulties there ; and that ships which have gone by this route have not been able ...
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... distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and as there was but little use in contending with a high sea , with opposing wind and tide , and weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh ...
... distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and as there was but little use in contending with a high sea , with opposing wind and tide , and weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh ...
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... distance , and although we have not as yet seen the " northern lights , " the atmosphere presents a remarkable , and to us entirely novel aspect : the cloudless air is filled with prismatic reflections , by turns pale white , and then ...
... distance , and although we have not as yet seen the " northern lights , " the atmosphere presents a remarkable , and to us entirely novel aspect : the cloudless air is filled with prismatic reflections , by turns pale white , and then ...
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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