The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... ourselves such wonders of the Arctic seas as fill all books of Arctic enterprise so far out of the beaten track of modern travel , -made peculiarly interesting at the pre- sent time , when the question of Arctic exploration is uppermost ...
... ourselves such wonders of the Arctic seas as fill all books of Arctic enterprise so far out of the beaten track of modern travel , -made peculiarly interesting at the pre- sent time , when the question of Arctic exploration is uppermost ...
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... and seek shelter . We anchor under the lee , with a crowd of other craft , who , like ourselves , are waiting for the wind . As the day breaks 1 OUR CREW . 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet 62 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... and seek shelter . We anchor under the lee , with a crowd of other craft , who , like ourselves , are waiting for the wind . As the day breaks 1 OUR CREW . 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet 62 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... ourselves due north . Now we turn to the men on board , and listen to the tales of daring they have to tell , so different in character to the usual experiences of men whose lot it is to sail in lower latitudes ; here the talk is of ...
... ourselves due north . Now we turn to the men on board , and listen to the tales of daring they have to tell , so different in character to the usual experiences of men whose lot it is to sail in lower latitudes ; here the talk is of ...
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... ourselves , we never could adopt so un - English and so unsportsmanlike a method . At the break of day inspecting our collection of telescopes and eye - glasses to test their various merits , THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing ...
... ourselves , we never could adopt so un - English and so unsportsmanlike a method . At the break of day inspecting our collection of telescopes and eye - glasses to test their various merits , THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing ...
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... in the direction of the ruin , that we found ourselves beneath the walls of this ancient keep , and as it had been raining all the time of SCALLOWAY CASTLE . 69 our weary search , we were. 68 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... in the direction of the ruin , that we found ourselves beneath the walls of this ancient keep , and as it had been raining all the time of SCALLOWAY CASTLE . 69 our weary search , we were. 68 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