The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... feet thick . In 1776 , Pagès is said to have reached 81 ° 30 ′ N. to the north of Spitzbergen . In 1806 Captain Scoresby reached as high as 81 ° 30 ′ , and reported that the sea was open for many leagues to the E.N.E .; but as his ...
... feet thick . In 1776 , Pagès is said to have reached 81 ° 30 ′ N. to the north of Spitzbergen . In 1806 Captain Scoresby reached as high as 81 ° 30 ′ , and reported that the sea was open for many leagues to the E.N.E .; but as his ...
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... feet high , from whence they saw a large tract of land stretching away east , with a lofty range of mountains running north and south , and visible for about sixty miles . In 1871 , Lieutenants Payer and Weyprecht attempted to follow up ...
... feet high , from whence they saw a large tract of land stretching away east , with a lofty range of mountains running north and south , and visible for about sixty miles . In 1871 , Lieutenants Payer and Weyprecht attempted to follow up ...
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... feet aft , evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with ...
... feet aft , evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with ...
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... feet into the air . Byers , too , had a somewhat similar misadventure , but in his case , as he was preparing to let drive at a stricken whale , she struck violently with her enormous tail ( we shall have something to say of whales ...
... feet into the air . Byers , too , had a somewhat similar misadventure , but in his case , as he was preparing to let drive at a stricken whale , she struck violently with her enormous tail ( we shall have something to say of whales ...
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... feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in common with most of the family Balanopterida , does not go far north as a rule , says Mr. R. Brown , who has bestowed much time and attention to the collection of ...
... feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in common with most of the family Balanopterida , does not go far north as a rule , says Mr. R. Brown , who has bestowed much time and attention to the collection of ...
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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