The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a ...
... floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a ...
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... floating , dead ; to it the men rowed , taking it for a right whale , but on discovering their mistake they immediately aban- doned it . They had apparently not been the first , for on its sides were cut the names of several vessels ...
... floating , dead ; to it the men rowed , taking it for a right whale , but on discovering their mistake they immediately aban- doned it . They had apparently not been the first , for on its sides were cut the names of several vessels ...
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... upon well - greased matting , and , owing to this simple arrangement , the boats are propelled without the least noise to disturb the floating monsters . TROUBLES IN THE ICE . 89 As the men busy 88 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... upon well - greased matting , and , owing to this simple arrangement , the boats are propelled without the least noise to disturb the floating monsters . TROUBLES IN THE ICE . 89 As the men busy 88 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... float past again in another cloud - like mass . The noise , too , of so many wings , and the wild , scared cries from a host like this , was much greater than could be imagined , much less described in words . The tem- perature of the ...
... float past again in another cloud - like mass . The noise , too , of so many wings , and the wild , scared cries from a host like this , was much greater than could be imagined , much less described in words . The tem- perature of the ...
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... floating on or near the surface . Caught at last in some ocean current , the wood is drifted westwards , and at length finds a resting - place on this desolate coast . These sea - worms cannot live in the Arctic seas , and the driftwood ...
... floating on or near the surface . Caught at last in some ocean current , the wood is drifted westwards , and at length finds a resting - place on this desolate coast . These sea - worms cannot live in the Arctic seas , and the driftwood ...
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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