The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... reach the Pole , combined more or less with a spirit of scientific inquiry , promises to be a more glorious one than either of the two preceding phases ; and since the English Navy has taken a leading share in these , it is to be hoped ...
... reach the Pole , combined more or less with a spirit of scientific inquiry , promises to be a more glorious one than either of the two preceding phases ; and since the English Navy has taken a leading share in these , it is to be hoped ...
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... reach Regent Inlet , but without success . In 1825 a series of explorations were organised : Franklin , in this and following years , surveyed the coast from the Mackenzie River on the east to the Return Reef on the west , or to within one.
... reach Regent Inlet , but without success . In 1825 a series of explorations were organised : Franklin , in this and following years , surveyed the coast from the Mackenzie River on the east to the Return Reef on the west , or to within one.
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... reach the Pole , but was stopped by ice at 80 ° 28 ′ N. Cap- tains Phipps and Lutwidge , with Horatio Nelson among their crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the Seven Islands ...
... reach the Pole , but was stopped by ice at 80 ° 28 ′ N. Cap- tains Phipps and Lutwidge , with Horatio Nelson among their crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the Seven Islands ...
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... reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's Land . The ...
... reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's Land . The ...
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... reach the Pole by the easiest route , leaving the more leisurely and time - absorbing scientific explorations to future expeditions . There are three ways into the Arctic Ocean , viz . , through Behring Strait , through Baffin Bay , and ...
... reach the Pole by the easiest route , leaving the more leisurely and time - absorbing scientific explorations to future expeditions . There are three ways into the Arctic Ocean , viz . , through Behring Strait , through Baffin Bay , and ...
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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