The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... gave way , and they were once more set free . The pursuit of the seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on ...
... gave way , and they were once more set free . The pursuit of the seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on ...
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... gave us against too hastily landing upon ice , or even ice - bergs , in pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg ...
... gave us against too hastily landing upon ice , or even ice - bergs , in pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg ...
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... gave additional anxiety to such of us as were unused to it , and it was not until we had again escaped from a spot where the least shift of wind would , in spite of all our efforts , have driven us upon a lee - shore , that we began to ...
... gave additional anxiety to such of us as were unused to it , and it was not until we had again escaped from a spot where the least shift of wind would , in spite of all our efforts , have driven us upon a lee - shore , that we began to ...
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... gave out flames and lava . With difficulty we made our way over the black soil and rugged ridges which opposed themselves to our progress , and , ascending an eminence , we looked towards the sea on the opposite coast , and the craters ...
... gave out flames and lava . With difficulty we made our way over the black soil and rugged ridges which opposed themselves to our progress , and , ascending an eminence , we looked towards the sea on the opposite coast , and the craters ...
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... of the ship looming towards us in the distance , and thanks to this oppor- tunity we are saved a weary search for the long wished - for deck . The game being counted gave a return of forty seals , about a third of the.
... of the ship looming towards us in the distance , and thanks to this oppor- tunity we are saved a weary search for the long wished - for deck . The game being counted gave a return of forty seals , about a third of the.
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