The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Nature most Desolate - Deer Stalking - The Drive · CHAPTER VIII . Russian Memorials - Long Years of Waiting - Landing in Pursuit of Game - White Whale - Netting Large Game CHAPTER IX . A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent - A Signal not ...
... Nature most Desolate - Deer Stalking - The Drive · CHAPTER VIII . Russian Memorials - Long Years of Waiting - Landing in Pursuit of Game - White Whale - Netting Large Game CHAPTER IX . A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent - A Signal not ...
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... natural sciences . It is also in- tended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands ...
... natural sciences . It is also in- tended to make another attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands ...
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... nature of the ground , the height of land , and the distribution of sea and land ; but it is theoretically probable that at the Pole the mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be ...
... nature of the ground , the height of land , and the distribution of sea and land ; but it is theoretically probable that at the Pole the mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be ...
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... nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly the scenes they describe ; but , after all , book descriptions , however ...
... nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly the scenes they describe ; but , after all , book descriptions , however ...
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... nature mark'd , Quoted and sign'd , to do a deed of shame , " laid a tax upon each parish in the county , obliging the Shetlanders to find as many men as were required for the building , as well as furnish provisions for the workmen ...
... nature mark'd , Quoted and sign'd , to do a deed of shame , " laid a tax upon each parish in the county , obliging the Shetlanders to find as many men as were required for the building , as well as furnish provisions for the workmen ...
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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