The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... a lustre upon the annals of the British Navy . At one time the motive for such enterprise was based upon commercial considerations , the desire being to • B find a northerly passage to the wealth - producing East INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
... a lustre upon the annals of the British Navy . At one time the motive for such enterprise was based upon commercial considerations , the desire being to • B find a northerly passage to the wealth - producing East INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
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... East Indies . At another time , the efforts of our men were urged on by the hope of relieving , or of ascertaining the fate of , Sir John Franklin and his crew . It is now well established that there is not the slightest chance of ...
... East Indies . At another time , the efforts of our men were urged on by the hope of relieving , or of ascertaining the fate of , Sir John Franklin and his crew . It is now well established that there is not the slightest chance of ...
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... east coast of Greenland , which he followed in a southerly direction , and doubled Cape Farewell . The west coast was then explored for about a day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . He ...
... east coast of Greenland , which he followed in a southerly direction , and doubled Cape Farewell . The west coast was then explored for about a day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . He ...
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... east route . Willoughby commanded the Bona Esperanza , Chancelor the Edward Bonaventure , and Durfoorth the Bona Confidentia . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as ...
... east route . Willoughby commanded the Bona Esperanza , Chancelor the Edward Bonaventure , and Durfoorth the Bona Confidentia . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as ...
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... East and North - West Pas- sages were organized and supported . In 1556 they sent Stephen Burrough out in the Serchthrift , and Sebastian Cabot , then eighty - eight years of age , saw the vessel off , and bade the expedition " God ...
... East and North - West Pas- sages were organized and supported . In 1556 they sent Stephen Burrough out in the Serchthrift , and Sebastian Cabot , then eighty - eight years of age , saw the vessel off , and bade the expedition " God ...
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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