The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... harpoon , was capsized by the sudden rising of the whale beneath her , and in a moment the crew and all her gear were hurled a few feet into the air . Byers , too , had a somewhat similar misadventure , but in his case , as he was ...
... harpoon , was capsized by the sudden rising of the whale beneath her , and in a moment the crew and all her gear were hurled a few feet into the air . Byers , too , had a somewhat similar misadventure , but in his case , as he was ...
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... harpoon to take firm hold of the skin . In the interval , between the successful pursuit and its reappearance again upon the surface , the body becomes much distended by the gases gene- rated during its rapid decomposition after death ...
... harpoon to take firm hold of the skin . In the interval , between the successful pursuit and its reappearance again upon the surface , the body becomes much distended by the gases gene- rated during its rapid decomposition after death ...
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... harpoon - gun ; but all hands are now busy with the various preparations for 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 ...
... harpoon - gun ; but all hands are now busy with the various preparations for 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 ...
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... harpoons of various kinds ; one harpoon head having the handle firmly fixed , to which the line is secured ; another has the handle made to disengage itself when the harpoon , to which the line is attached , is firmly planted in the ...
... harpoons of various kinds ; one harpoon head having the handle firmly fixed , to which the line is secured ; another has the handle made to disengage itself when the harpoon , to which the line is attached , is firmly planted in the ...
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... feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide of the male . Down he plunged once more , but evidently hard hit . We prepare to harpoon him if he offers us the chance.
... feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide of the male . Down he plunged once more , but evidently hard hit . We prepare to harpoon him if he offers us the chance.
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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