The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... probably the first recorded persons to enter the Arctic circle , the Ultima Thule of the ancients being apparently Iceland . The Irish may have again visited it in the sixth century . It was again discovered by a Norwegian named Naddodr ...
... probably the first recorded persons to enter the Arctic circle , the Ultima Thule of the ancients being apparently Iceland . The Irish may have again visited it in the sixth century . It was again discovered by a Norwegian named Naddodr ...
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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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... probably the land to which Wrangell had previously alluded as sometimes visible from Cape Yakan . In 1867 portions of this land were seen by several captains . Captain Bliven saw land north - west of Herald Island , extending as far ...
... probably the land to which Wrangell had previously alluded as sometimes visible from Cape Yakan . In 1867 portions of this land were seen by several captains . Captain Bliven saw land north - west of Herald Island , extending as far ...
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... probably the range of temperature in the circumpolar area is greater than in any other part of the globe . Evidences of high sum- mer temperature are not entirely wanting . Many of the most northern coasts reached are strewed with drift ...
... probably the range of temperature in the circumpolar area is greater than in any other part of the globe . Evidences of high sum- mer temperature are not entirely wanting . Many of the most northern coasts reached are strewed with drift ...
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... probably indicative of the North Pole being for the most part surrounded by water . During the spring the heat is being gradually in- creased by the gradually increasing height of the sun , which increase is in part counterbalanced by ...
... probably indicative of the North Pole being for the most part surrounded by water . During the spring the heat is being gradually in- creased by the gradually increasing height of the sun , which increase is in part counterbalanced by ...
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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