The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... rest being , as it were , driven into the sea . But the effect on the American conti- nent would be to bring the Scandinavian flora into competition with an American flora that preoccupied the lands into which it was driven . On the ...
... rest being , as it were , driven into the sea . But the effect on the American conti- nent would be to bring the Scandinavian flora into competition with an American flora that preoccupied the lands into which it was driven . On the ...
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... rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the herring ; and the fishermen , ever on the watch for these the most destructive of their enemies ...
... rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the herring ; and the fishermen , ever on the watch for these the most destructive of their enemies ...
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... rest securely on a suitable receptacle . The oars ply upon well - greased matting , and , owing to this simple arrangement , the boats are propelled without the least noise to disturb the floating monsters . TROUBLES IN THE ICE . 68 89 ...
... rest securely on a suitable receptacle . The oars ply upon well - greased matting , and , owing to this simple arrangement , the boats are propelled without the least noise to disturb the floating monsters . TROUBLES IN THE ICE . 68 89 ...
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... rest . It is a place of marvels ; -as if to mock the wondering crew , two rocks stand out from the land so exactly resembling swift - sailing ships , that even a reference to the chart , where the fact is duly recorded , hardly ...
... rest . It is a place of marvels ; -as if to mock the wondering crew , two rocks stand out from the land so exactly resembling swift - sailing ships , that even a reference to the chart , where the fact is duly recorded , hardly ...
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... rest , and dozed off quietly to sleep . But a short interval now separated the wily fox from its prey , and running quickly from its place of concealment , it bounded towards the bird , and secured , not the coveted morsel , but a ...
... rest , and dozed off quietly to sleep . But a short interval now separated the wily fox from its prey , and running quickly from its place of concealment , it bounded towards the bird , and secured , not the coveted morsel , but a ...
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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