The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... close of the fifteenth century . The names of Willoughby , Frobisher , Davis , Hudson , Baffin , Ross , Parry , Frank- lin , Scoresby , Beechy , Back , and many others belong- ing to individuals who are yet alive , recall to our minds ...
... close of the fifteenth century . The names of Willoughby , Frobisher , Davis , Hudson , Baffin , Ross , Parry , Frank- lin , Scoresby , Beechy , Back , and many others belong- ing to individuals who are yet alive , recall to our minds ...
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... close season , she reached 80 ° 30 ′ N. , 12 ° E .; her further advance being checked by a leak 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 ...
... close season , she reached 80 ° 30 ′ N. , 12 ° E .; her further advance being checked by a leak 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 ...
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... close at hand in the second boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and ...
... close at hand in the second boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and ...
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... close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather , and suddenly struck these high cliffs ; all on board were lost , except two men who happened to be aloft in the rigging ...
... close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather , and suddenly struck these high cliffs ; all on board were lost , except two men who happened to be aloft in the rigging ...
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... close to the stern . Their gambols rouse our desire to test the powers of the harpoon - gun ; but all hands are now busy with the various preparations for the coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more ...
... close to the stern . Their gambols rouse our desire to test the powers of the harpoon - gun ; but all hands are now busy with the various preparations for the coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more ...
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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