The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual progress has evoked . The Navy of England cries not for mere war to gratify its desire for honourable employment or fame . There are other achievements , it ...
... head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual progress has evoked . The Navy of England cries not for mere war to gratify its desire for honourable employment or fame . There are other achievements , it ...
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... Head was rendered strangely weird - looking in the distance by a wreath of white mist wrapped around it like a solid - looking covering . The continual change of scenery , as we bore up against the strong current which flows between the ...
... Head was rendered strangely weird - looking in the distance by a wreath of white mist wrapped around it like a solid - looking covering . The continual change of scenery , as we bore up against the strong current which flows between the ...
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... 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 valuable facts ...
... 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 valuable facts ...
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... 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 hide . The former is used for whale fishing ...
... 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 hide . The former is used for whale fishing ...
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... heads really darkened the air above us , and , as they swept along like a thick cloud , wheeling suddenly in their flight , produced a curious effect , -the dull - looking BRENT GEESE , EIDER DUCKS , AND YOUNG SNOW GOOSE 94 A VOYAGE TO ...
... heads really darkened the air above us , and , as they swept along like a thick cloud , wheeling suddenly in their flight , produced a curious effect , -the dull - looking BRENT GEESE , EIDER DUCKS , AND YOUNG SNOW GOOSE 94 A VOYAGE TO ...
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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