The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Fall ! A Fall ! -Monodon Monoceros - Arctic Black Hole of Calcutta - Drifting Ice - Pursuit of Narwhal - A Sad Picture - Seals out of Water M304643 127 b CHAPTER IV . Only a Fly - Summer Beverages -
... Fall ! A Fall ! -Monodon Monoceros - Arctic Black Hole of Calcutta - Drifting Ice - Pursuit of Narwhal - A Sad Picture - Seals out of Water M304643 127 b CHAPTER IV . Only a Fly - Summer Beverages -
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... fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric iron had been ...
... fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons respectively . Meteoric iron had been ...
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... fall , and in the confusion that ensued he narrowly escaped being drowned . These enormous masses of ice often rolled over as we gazed upon them , owing to the water , being warmer below , causing the ice to thaw more rapidly , when the ...
... fall , and in the confusion that ensued he narrowly escaped being drowned . These enormous masses of ice often rolled over as we gazed upon them , owing to the water , being warmer below , causing the ice to thaw more rapidly , when the ...
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... fall very short when attempting to convey impressions which experience alone can supply . All our efforts to over- come the obstinate resistance of the gale which now rages from the north proving quite ineffectual , we are compelled to ...
... fall very short when attempting to convey impressions which experience alone can supply . All our efforts to over- come the obstinate resistance of the gale which now rages from the north proving quite ineffectual , we are compelled to ...
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... falls a calm ; a calm day at sea is at such a juncture a greater affliction to men who are impatient to proceed than can well be imagined ; we resort to all kinds of occupations to beguile the time , fishing lines are produced from the ...
... falls a calm ; a calm day at sea is at such a juncture a greater affliction to men who are impatient to proceed than can well be imagined ; we resort to all kinds of occupations to beguile the time , fishing lines are produced from the ...
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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