The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... caused by ice nips . She sailed from the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached Hull , September 26. In 1871 she reached 81 ° 15 ′ N. The above sketch shows that except at a few points we know very ...
... caused by ice nips . She sailed from the Shetlands , May 29 ; left Widde Bay on her return , August 17 , and reached Hull , September 26. In 1871 she reached 81 ° 15 ′ N. The above sketch shows that except at a few points we know very ...
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... - ately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat . The obli- quity of the ecliptic is now 23 ° 28 ' ; but astronomers In admit that it may have been at times as much D 2.
... - ately increased . There is yet a third modifying cause which would tend to intensify the heat . The obli- quity of the ecliptic is now 23 ° 28 ' ; but astronomers In admit that it may have been at times as much D 2.
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... 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 .
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... causing the ice to thaw more rapidly , when the upper part , which is heavier , totters , the ice beneath is suddenly overbalanced , and the portion that was lately submerged is now suddenly tilted into the air through the disturbance ...
... causing the ice to thaw more rapidly , when the upper part , which is heavier , totters , the ice beneath is suddenly overbalanced , and the portion that was lately submerged is now suddenly tilted into the air through the disturbance ...
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... cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations they were forced to endure during the long winter , had resolved to emigrate , and the town was filled with their ...
... cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations they were forced to endure during the long winter , had resolved to emigrate , and the town was filled with their ...
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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