The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual progress has evoked . The Navy of England cries not for mere war to gratify its desire for honourable employment or fame . There are other achievements , it ...
... head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual progress has evoked . The Navy of England cries not for mere war to gratify its desire for honourable employment or fame . There are other achievements , it ...
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... Head was rendered strangely weird - looking in the distance by a wreath of white mist wrapped around it like a solid - looking covering . The continual change of scenery , as we bore up against the strong current which flows between the ...
... Head was rendered strangely weird - looking in the distance by a wreath of white mist wrapped around it like a solid - looking covering . The continual change of scenery , as we bore up against the strong current which flows between the ...
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... 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 valuable facts ...
... 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 valuable facts ...
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... head having the handle firmly fixed , to which the line is secured ; another has the handle made to disengage itself when the harpoon , to which the line is attached , is firmly planted in the hide . The former is used for whale fishing ...
... head having the handle firmly fixed , to which the line is secured ; another has the handle made to disengage itself when the harpoon , to which the line is attached , is firmly planted in the hide . The former is used for whale fishing ...
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... heads really darkened the air above us , and , as they swept along like a thick cloud , wheeling suddenly in their flight , produced a curious effect , —the dull - looking OBJECTS OF THE SEA - SHORE . 95 mass by 94 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... heads really darkened the air above us , and , as they swept along like a thick cloud , wheeling suddenly in their flight , produced a curious effect , —the dull - looking OBJECTS OF THE SEA - SHORE . 95 mass by 94 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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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