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We calculated on a journey of some months ' duration , with a lurking
apprehension of a possibility of having to winter somewhere in the by all
accounts -- inhospitable region , where , if people are once “ beset , ” they must
prepare to endure ...
We calculated on a journey of some months ' duration , with a lurking
apprehension of a possibility of having to winter somewhere in the by all
accounts -- inhospitable region , where , if people are once “ beset , ” they must
prepare to endure ...
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He had difficulties to contend with in this voyage , of no small degree . Frozen for
three weeks in the pack that surrounded them , they drifted south as far as
Iceland , but at length the ice gave way , and they were once more set free . The
pursuit ...
He had difficulties to contend with in this voyage , of no small degree . Frozen for
three weeks in the pack that surrounded them , they drifted south as far as
Iceland , but at length the ice gave way , and they were once more set free . The
pursuit ...
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... in pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped
on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great
berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it needed but the addition of his weight to
...
... in pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped
on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great
berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it needed but the addition of his weight to
...
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63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet is again in motion , all being evidently as
anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the sails are
once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay a little
closer ...
63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet is again in motion , all being evidently as
anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the sails are
once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay a little
closer ...
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... where we made everything Once again we are under weigh , and scudding
before a pleasant breeze , we pass the Bell Rock Lighthouse , which now
supplies the necessary warning formerly given by the famous Bell , whose
curious history ...
... where we made everything Once again we are under weigh , and scudding
before a pleasant breeze , we pass the Bell Rock Lighthouse , which now
supplies the necessary warning formerly given by the famous Bell , whose
curious history ...
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| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 1 Abr. 2009 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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