The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... coming on , he was obliged to go into harbour , where he was frozen in on September 22. During the winter sledge journeys were made , and the highest latitude reached was 77 ° 1 ′ N. , on April 15 , 1870 , when severe storms drove the ...
... coming on , he was obliged to go into harbour , where he was frozen in on September 22. During the winter sledge journeys were made , and the highest latitude reached was 77 ° 1 ′ N. , on April 15 , 1870 , when severe storms drove the ...
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... coming in sudden contact with a passing fish , probably attracted by the shining metal , sink deeply into the quivering side of the incautious codling , and he is hauled on board . We have many times seen the savage islanders of the ...
... coming in sudden contact with a passing fish , probably attracted by the shining metal , sink deeply into the quivering side of the incautious codling , and he is hauled on board . We have many times seen the savage islanders of the ...
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... 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 , and who stepped on to the rocks as the vessel went down -reminding us of the ...
... 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 , and who stepped on to the rocks as the vessel went down -reminding us of the ...
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... coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the ...
... coming season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the ...
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... coming for a few hours are often detained a week on the shore , waiting for a chance of escape , and we were well aware of this fact , as the stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind ...
... coming for a few hours are often detained a week on the shore , waiting for a chance of escape , and we were well aware of this fact , as the stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind ...
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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