The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... sight of the Croker Mountains , which subsequent research proved to be purely visionary . His own men doubted the accuracy of his sight , and accordingly Parry was sent in 1819 to explore Lancaster Sound . His ships , the Hecla and ...
... sight of the Croker Mountains , which subsequent research proved to be purely visionary . His own men doubted the accuracy of his sight , and accordingly Parry was sent in 1819 to explore Lancaster Sound . His ships , the Hecla and ...
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... sight in no way from an ordinary pleasure yacht ; but a second glance at her heavy spars , her massive bows supported with stout iron bands firmly bolted to her stem , and extending round the bluff of her bows to about twelve feet aft ...
... sight in no way from an ordinary pleasure yacht ; but a second glance at her heavy spars , her massive bows supported with stout iron bands firmly bolted to her stem , and extending round the bluff of her bows to about twelve feet aft ...
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... 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 vessels in 66 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... 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 vessels in 66 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing vessels in the far distance , and although we have not as yet seen the " northern lights , " the atmosphere presents a remarkable , and to us entirely ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing vessels in the far distance , and although we have not as yet seen the " northern lights , " the atmosphere presents a remarkable , and to us entirely ...
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... sight affected by the prospect , the ear is tortured by the thundering sound of the disrupted masses as they tilt against each other and are rent asunder . All this time we are sailing towards the densest part through a fringe of broken ...
... sight affected by the prospect , the ear is tortured by the thundering sound of the disrupted masses as they tilt against each other and are rent asunder . All this time we are sailing towards the densest part through a fringe of broken ...
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