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A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent- A Signal not Understood Reindeer - Game
less Abundant - A Day's Outing - On the Mountain Side - A Scramble - A Push
and a Pinch - A Love Letter 234 CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER X. PAGE Foreign
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A Short Cut - A Dangerous Descent- A Signal not Understood Reindeer - Game
less Abundant - A Day's Outing - On the Mountain Side - A Scramble - A Push
and a Pinch - A Love Letter 234 CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER X. PAGE Foreign
Sailors ...
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CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER X. PAGE Foreign Sailors — Old Stagers — The Snow
Goose - A Remote Guano Bed - Geological Rambles 255 CHAPTER XI .
Barentsz's Voyage - Nova Zembla , Russians and HollandersLinschoten - Gerard
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CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER X. PAGE Foreign Sailors — Old Stagers — The Snow
Goose - A Remote Guano Bed - Geological Rambles 255 CHAPTER XI .
Barentsz's Voyage - Nova Zembla , Russians and HollandersLinschoten - Gerard
le Ver ...
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... our sailors , more especially Arctic sailors , that hundreds of them volunteer to
go when any project of this kind is afloat . From this point of view , the exploration
of the higher latitudes is a matter for government , and not for private enterprise .
... our sailors , more especially Arctic sailors , that hundreds of them volunteer to
go when any project of this kind is afloat . From this point of view , the exploration
of the higher latitudes is a matter for government , and not for private enterprise .
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In 1474 Columbus visited Iceland , and even sailed one hundred leagues
beyond it ; and it is not improbable he may have heard from the Icelanders
traditions of their former occupation of Greenland and portions of the American
continent .
In 1474 Columbus visited Iceland , and even sailed one hundred leagues
beyond it ; and it is not improbable he may have heard from the Icelanders
traditions of their former occupation of Greenland and portions of the American
continent .
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... for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ;
and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been
recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all directions for natives
to ...
... for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ;
and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been
recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all directions for natives
to ...
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advance animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet floating force formed four gained give Greenland hands head hope Island journey kind land latitude leave less look masses means miles mountain nature northern noticed object observed once ourselves party passage passed Polar Pole present probably proved pursuit reached region remains rest rise rocks round sailed sailors schooner seal season seems seen ship shore short shot side sight snow soon Sound Spitzbergen sport Strait success surface temperature travelling turned vessel voyage warm weather whale whole wind winter
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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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