The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... the North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound Advo- cates - The Lydiana - New Land Reconnoitred — Iceberg System - 301 APPENDIX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE . RED BEACH , SPITZBERGEN.
... the North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound Advo- cates - The Lydiana - New Land Reconnoitred — Iceberg System - 301 APPENDIX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE . RED BEACH , SPITZBERGEN.
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... lands or frozen seas ? and why should you encourage men to risk their lives for such objects as these ? These questions chiefly emanate from those who do not see the advantage of prosecuting anything which does not promise a handsome ...
... lands or frozen seas ? and why should you encourage men to risk their lives for such objects as these ? These questions chiefly emanate from those who do not see the advantage of prosecuting anything which does not promise a handsome ...
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... land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
... land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
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... off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as Willoughby's Land , which is probably a portion of Nova Zembla , and 1554 wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
... off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as Willoughby's Land , which is probably a portion of Nova Zembla , and 1554 wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
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... land again in 66 ° 40 ' , at an anchorage free from ice . He named various prominent features here , such as Mount Raleigh and Cape Wal- singham . This was the highest latitude then reached on the American side of Davis ' Strait . He ...
... land again in 66 ° 40 ' , at an anchorage free from ice . He named various prominent features here , such as Mount Raleigh and Cape Wal- singham . This was the highest latitude then reached on the American side of Davis ' Strait . He ...
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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