The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... hummocks , as the lumps of ice scattered over its surface are called by the Arctic voyagers . These are treacherous places to venture upon , as the action of the air and the wasting influence of the salt ASPECT OF THE ICY SEA . 101 sea ...
... hummocks , as the lumps of ice scattered over its surface are called by the Arctic voyagers . These are treacherous places to venture upon , as the action of the air and the wasting influence of the salt ASPECT OF THE ICY SEA . 101 sea ...
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... and the distant pros- pect is laden with heavy looking blocks , interspersed with flatter snow , covering all the fields on which little FIRST EXPERIENCES . 103 hummocks of ice have formed . 102 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... and the distant pros- pect is laden with heavy looking blocks , interspersed with flatter snow , covering all the fields on which little FIRST EXPERIENCES . 103 hummocks of ice have formed . 102 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. FIRST EXPERIENCES . 103 hummocks of ice have formed . The first impression naturally is that the barrier is impassable for a ship , and this depressing effect is hardly relieved by the ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. FIRST EXPERIENCES . 103 hummocks of ice have formed . The first impression naturally is that the barrier is impassable for a ship , and this depressing effect is hardly relieved by the ...
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... crew had bagged three , the other seven seals . Leaving the boat and landing on the ice at a point close by , we cautiously advance , creeping over the COLLECTING SEAL OIL . 113 snow towards some hummocks , 112 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... crew had bagged three , the other seven seals . Leaving the boat and landing on the ice at a point close by , we cautiously advance , creeping over the COLLECTING SEAL OIL . 113 snow towards some hummocks , 112 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... hummocks , for beyond them a small batch of seals are seen basking in the sun . We take steady aim , and a large seal falls to our gun . A second shot seems to add speed to the flight of another beast close by , and as he in mad haste ...
... hummocks , for beyond them a small batch of seals are seen basking in the sun . We take steady aim , and a large seal falls to our gun . A second shot seems to add speed to the flight of another beast close by , and as he in mad haste ...
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