The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... travelling , for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ; and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all ...
... travelling , for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ; and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all ...
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... travelled round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's Channel . In 1851 the attempt to cross Parry's Sound was renewed , but without success . A more ...
... travelled round most of the island , the only part of the coast not explored being about one hundred and sixty miles along McClintock's Channel . In 1851 the attempt to cross Parry's Sound was renewed , but without success . A more ...
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... travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a steamer could get through . On July 23 the INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 27 ...
... travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a steamer could get through . On July 23 the INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 27 ...
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... travelling over the ice . From 1835 to 1840 a scientific commission , under the direction of Gaimard , explored and drew up volumi- nous reports on Iceland , Greenland , and Spitzbergen . From 1858 onwards the Swedes have been making ...
... travelling over the ice . From 1835 to 1840 a scientific commission , under the direction of Gaimard , explored and drew up volumi- nous reports on Iceland , Greenland , and Spitzbergen . From 1858 onwards the Swedes have been making ...
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... travelling . There is no proof that the land extends to the Pole , nor that the ice does so . If there is a discontinuity of ice and land the sledge parties will have a special difficulty in reaching the point they aim for . The absence ...
... travelling . There is no proof that the land extends to the Pole , nor that the ice does so . If there is a discontinuity of ice and land the sledge parties will have a special difficulty in reaching the point they aim for . The absence ...
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