The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... ships at his own expense , and coasted all along Labrador , as far as 60 ° , where he saw a river or strait blocked with ice , which he named Rio Nevado , but which is doubt- less Hudson's Strait . These voyages had the effect of ...
... ships at his own expense , and coasted all along Labrador , as far as 60 ° , where he saw a river or strait blocked with ice , which he named Rio Nevado , but which is doubt- less Hudson's Strait . These voyages had the effect of ...
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... ship saw seals and whales in abundance . Chancelor pro- ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea , and returned home through Russia by way of Moscow . His success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many ...
... ship saw seals and whales in abundance . Chancelor pro- ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea , and returned home through Russia by way of Moscow . His success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many ...
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... ship - loads of this ore , which was found to be worthless . On the third voyage ( in 1578 ) he took out fifteen ships to be laden with this ore . When off the Queen Elizabeth's Foreland a storm blew him towards the straits , which he ...
... ship - loads of this ore , which was found to be worthless . On the third voyage ( in 1578 ) he took out fifteen ships to be laden with this ore . When off the Queen Elizabeth's Foreland a storm blew him towards the straits , which he ...
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... ship was ice - bound during the next two winters , being relieved by Captain Kellett , of the Resolute . The ship was abandoned , but Captain M'Clure and his crew were transferred to the North Star , which took them to England through ...
... ship was ice - bound during the next two winters , being relieved by Captain Kellett , of the Resolute . The ship was abandoned , but Captain M'Clure and his crew were transferred to the North Star , which took them to England through ...
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... ship into Rensselaer Bay , 78 ° 35 ' N. , where he win- tered . This is the highest latitude that any ship had wintered in . Expeditions were made on foot and in sledges , almost as far as 81 ° N. , or past the Humboldt Glacier ...
... ship into Rensselaer Bay , 78 ° 35 ' N. , where he win- tered . This is the highest latitude that any ship had wintered in . Expeditions were made on foot and in sledges , almost as far as 81 ° N. , or past the Humboldt Glacier ...
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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