The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he resolved to explore Gembiorn's Land . He soon ...
... called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he resolved to explore Gembiorn's Land . He soon ...
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... called Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with Disco Island . The region beyond Northern Sæta they called Furthern Stranda , of which Baffin's Bay was a part . How far north they advanced it is ...
... called Northern Sæta . Their Bjarney , or Bear Island , is identified by Rofu with Disco Island . The region beyond Northern Sæta they called Furthern Stranda , of which Baffin's Bay was a part . How far north they advanced it is ...
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... called Frobisher's Mis- taken Straits , but which are commonly known as Hudson's Straits . He entered them , and found a fine open passage , through which , it is said , he " would and could have gone through to the South Sea . " There ...
... called Frobisher's Mis- taken Straits , but which are commonly known as Hudson's Straits . He entered them , and found a fine open passage , through which , it is said , he " would and could have gone through to the South Sea . " There ...
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... called Kotelnoi , New Siberia , and Fadejevkoi . The Herald Islands , in 71 ° 26 ′ N. and 175 ° 16 ′ W. , were discovered by Capt . Kellett in 1849 , but doubts were thrown on the facts . It is probably the land to which Wrangell had ...
... called Kotelnoi , New Siberia , and Fadejevkoi . The Herald Islands , in 71 ° 26 ′ N. and 175 ° 16 ′ W. , were discovered by Capt . Kellett in 1849 , but doubts were thrown on the facts . It is probably the land to which Wrangell had ...
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... which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. course , and at his farthest point , which he considered to be 73 ° N. , he saw land , which he called INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 25 25 Hold - with - Hope 24 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. course , and at his farthest point , which he considered to be 73 ° N. , he saw land , which he called INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 25 25 Hold - with - Hope 24 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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amongst animals Arctic seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter