The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... sight of the Croker Mountains , which subsequent research proved to be purely visionary . His own men doubted the accuracy of his sight , and accordingly Parry was sent in 1819 to explore Lancaster Sound . His ships , the Hecla and ...
... sight of the Croker Mountains , which subsequent research proved to be purely visionary . His own men doubted the accuracy of his sight , and accordingly Parry was sent in 1819 to explore Lancaster Sound . His ships , the Hecla and ...
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... sight in no way from an ordinary pleasure yacht ; but a second glance at her heavy spars , her massive bows supported with stout iron bands firmly bolted to her stem , and extending round the bluff of her bows to about twelve feet aft ...
... sight in no way from an ordinary pleasure yacht ; but a second glance at her heavy spars , her massive bows supported with stout iron bands firmly bolted to her stem , and extending round the bluff of her bows to about twelve feet aft ...
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... unsportsmanlike a method . At the break of day inspecting our collection of telescopes and eye - glasses to test their various merits , THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing vessels in 66 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... unsportsmanlike a method . At the break of day inspecting our collection of telescopes and eye - glasses to test their various merits , THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing vessels in 66 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing vessels in the far distance , and although we have not as yet seen the " northern lights , " the atmosphere presents a remarkable , and to us entirely ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. THE SHETLANDS . 67 we sight some sailing vessels in the far distance , and although we have not as yet seen the " northern lights , " the atmosphere presents a remarkable , and to us entirely ...
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... sight affected by the prospect , the ear is tortured by the thundering sound of the disrupted masses as they tilt against each other and are rent asunder . All this time we are sailing towards the densest part through a fringe of broken ...
... sight affected by the prospect , the ear is tortured by the thundering sound of the disrupted masses as they tilt against each other and are rent asunder . All this time we are sailing towards the densest part through a fringe of broken ...
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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