The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more to do . The facts to be dis- covered cannot fail to ...
... hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more to do . The facts to be dis- covered cannot fail to ...
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... hand , many Scandinavian plants which had been driven out of Greenland , but were preserved in the United States , would reappear on the Polar Islands and Labrador , accompanied with sundry American mountain types ; and , on the other ...
... hand , many Scandinavian plants which had been driven out of Greenland , but were preserved in the United States , would reappear on the Polar Islands and Labrador , accompanied with sundry American mountain types ; and , on the other ...
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... wealth , or to promote the welfare of nations ? Let us hope there are few such men . Let us also hope there are many who will lend a hand to removing the obstructions , E official and national , which impede the pursuit of Arctic.
... wealth , or to promote the welfare of nations ? Let us hope there are few such men . Let us also hope there are many who will lend a hand to removing the obstructions , E official and national , which impede the pursuit of Arctic.
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... hands our good ship was receiving the last finishing touches previous to starting on her voyage . To him had been confided the overlooking of all the manifold requirements of the undertaking , and Captain Wells , an old whaling captain ...
... hands our good ship was receiving the last finishing touches previous to starting on her voyage . To him had been confided the overlooking of all the manifold requirements of the undertaking , and Captain Wells , an old whaling captain ...
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... hands could be spared in so busy a place , where there should be occupation for everybody ; but a kind of fascination held them to the spot , and when SEALERS . 59 everything was complete , and we were 58 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... hands could be spared in so busy a place , where there should be occupation for everybody ; but a kind of fascination held them to the spot , and when SEALERS . 59 everything was complete , and we were 58 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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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