The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Formation of Ice - Long Time getting to 83 ° -If they had a Steamer - New Appliances - Dogs not Approved of Shall we go North ? -Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the North - Spitzbergen Route ...
... Formation of Ice - Long Time getting to 83 ° -If they had a Steamer - New Appliances - Dogs not Approved of Shall we go North ? -Our Schooner - Whitby Lights - Old Customs Preserved - Scientific Inquiry in the North - Spitzbergen Route ...
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... formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns which Bear Island produced . " In Greenland fossil plants belonging to several periods have been discovered . Those ...
... formed at that time in Spitzbergen , as well as by the enormous tree - like cryptogams , and the large - leaved ferns which Bear Island produced . " In Greenland fossil plants belonging to several periods have been discovered . Those ...
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... 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 , may arise from the area where the sea is ...
... 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 , may arise from the area where the sea is ...
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... formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric ...
... formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric ...
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... formed in regions of perennial ice . The Spitzbergen route certainly must be the best of all for the purpose mentioned ; but , in addition to this , it has , like the Smith Sound route , special attractions to a scientific expedition ...
... formed in regions of perennial ice . The Spitzbergen route certainly must be the best of all for the purpose mentioned ; but , in addition to this , it has , like the Smith Sound route , special attractions to a scientific expedition ...
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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