The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 52
Página 10
... seems to have reached the North Water , and hence to have been the pioneer to this well - known whaling ground . The account of Barentsz's voyages is given in the body of our work , and here we may allude only to the discovery which was ...
... seems to have reached the North Water , and hence to have been the pioneer to this well - known whaling ground . The account of Barentsz's voyages is given in the body of our work , and here we may allude only to the discovery which was ...
Página 25
... seems to have been Spitzbergen , near Vogelhoek , in 78 ° 53 ′ N. For the next fortnight he tacked about . In July he seems to have advanced as far north as the Seven Islands , but the ice prevented him from reaching a higher latitude ...
... seems to have been Spitzbergen , near Vogelhoek , in 78 ° 53 ′ N. For the next fortnight he tacked about . In July he seems to have advanced as far north as the Seven Islands , but the ice prevented him from reaching a higher latitude ...
Página 28
... , reindeer , musk oxen , and other ter- restrial animals occur in great abundance , while the climate seems to be mild . Another important voyage · INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 29 was made in the autumn 28 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... , reindeer , musk oxen , and other ter- restrial animals occur in great abundance , while the climate seems to be mild . Another important voyage · INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 29 was made in the autumn 28 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Página 37
... Kassok are very old , but the age has not been determined . They however seem to be similar in character with those from the lower cretaceous beds at Korne . At this place these beds represent terrestrial conditions , there being.
... Kassok are very old , but the age has not been determined . They however seem to be similar in character with those from the lower cretaceous beds at Korne . At this place these beds represent terrestrial conditions , there being.
Página 40
... seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying • INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting about 40 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... seem an adequate and probable cause for the generation of magnetic currents and storms . The auroras are observed to occur in cycles of varying • INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 41 intensity and frequency , lasting about 40 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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