The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... feet thick . In 1776 , Pagès is said to have reached 81 ° 30 ′ N. to the north of Spitzbergen . In 1806 Captain Scoresby reached as high as 81 ° 30 ′ , and reported that the sea was open for many leagues to the E.N.E .; but as his ...
... feet thick . In 1776 , Pagès is said to have reached 81 ° 30 ′ N. to the north of Spitzbergen . In 1806 Captain Scoresby reached as high as 81 ° 30 ′ , and reported that the sea was open for many leagues to the E.N.E .; but as his ...
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... feet high , from whence they saw a large tract of land stretching away east , with a lofty range of mountains running north and south , and visible for about sixty miles . In 1871 , Lieutenants Payer and Weyprecht attempted to follow up ...
... feet high , from whence they saw a large tract of land stretching away east , with a lofty range of mountains running north and south , and visible for about sixty miles . In 1871 , Lieutenants Payer and Weyprecht attempted to follow up ...
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... feet aft , evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with ...
... feet aft , evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with ...
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... feet into the air . Byers , too , had a somewhat similar misadventure , but in his case , as he was preparing to let drive at a stricken whale , she struck violently with her enormous tail ( we shall have something to say of whales ...
... feet into the air . Byers , too , had a somewhat similar misadventure , but in his case , as he was preparing to let drive at a stricken whale , she struck violently with her enormous tail ( we shall have something to say of whales ...
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... feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in common with most of the family Balanopterida , does not go far north as a rule , says Mr. R. Brown , who has bestowed much time and attention to the collection of ...
... feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in common with most of the family Balanopterida , does not go far north as a rule , says Mr. R. Brown , who has bestowed much time and attention to the collection of ...
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