The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... the North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound Advo- cates - The Lydiana - New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System · 301 APPENDIX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE . RED BEACH , SPITZBERGEN.
... the North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound Advo- cates - The Lydiana - New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System · 301 APPENDIX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE . RED BEACH , SPITZBERGEN.
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... lands or frozen seas ? and why should you encourage men to risk their lives for such objects as these ? These questions chiefly emanate from those who do not see the advantage of prosecuting anything which does not promise a handsome ...
... lands or frozen seas ? and why should you encourage men to risk their lives for such objects as these ? These questions chiefly emanate from those who do not see the advantage of prosecuting anything which does not promise a handsome ...
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... land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
... land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
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... lands from the same source , since it is well known the Bristol merchant traded both with Norway and with Iceland . In 1497 John Cabot and his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland . In 1498 Sebastian com- manded a small fleet destined ...
... lands from the same source , since it is well known the Bristol merchant traded both with Norway and with Iceland . In 1497 John Cabot and his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland . In 1498 Sebastian com- manded a small fleet destined ...
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... . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as Willoughby's Land , which is probably a portion of Nova Zembla , and wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
... . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as Willoughby's Land , which is probably a portion of Nova Zembla , and wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
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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