The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... cold , and its course appears to be along the zone of lowest mean tempe- rature . Auroras are believed to be essentially the results of magnetic disturbance , and originate , or at any rate are most abundant and energetic along a zone ...
... cold , and its course appears to be along the zone of lowest mean tempe- rature . Auroras are believed to be essentially the results of magnetic disturbance , and originate , or at any rate are most abundant and energetic along a zone ...
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... cold of higher latitudes to these more southern lands , and thus reduce their mean temperature . This has the effect of throwing the zone of greatest cold towards the south , especially where the lands advance far north . Observations ...
... cold of higher latitudes to these more southern lands , and thus reduce their mean temperature . This has the effect of throwing the zone of greatest cold towards the south , especially where the lands advance far north . Observations ...
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... cold northerly wind and heavy rain , arguments which left no other alternative for us than the necessity of waiting for a favourable change . While we waited , Mr. Rickaby returned home from a sealing expedition to the west ice ...
... cold northerly wind and heavy rain , arguments which left no other alternative for us than the necessity of waiting for a favourable change . While we waited , Mr. Rickaby returned home from a sealing expedition to the west ice ...
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... cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable change , and , without more ado , put into Leith Roads , where we made everything secure . Once again we are under weigh , and scud- ding ...
... cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable change , and , without more ado , put into Leith Roads , where we made everything secure . Once again we are under weigh , and scud- ding ...
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... cold , the men put their hands into the still warm bodies of the newly killed seals , where the animal heat is retained for a considerable period after death . A rope is now attached to the hide , which is thickly coated with blubber ...
... cold , the men put their hands into the still warm bodies of the newly killed seals , where the animal heat is retained for a considerable period after death . A rope is now attached to the hide , which is thickly coated with blubber ...
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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