The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 33
Página
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 ...
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 ...
Página
BARENTSZ RELICS 11 WHALE 64 RUINS OF SCALLOWAY CASTLE 68
SHARK 79 WHALES ' FOOD 82 BOTTLE - NOSE WHALE 85 SEA - BIRD 91 95
BRENT GEESE , EIDER DUCKS , AND YOUNG SNOW GOOSE YACHT IN AN
ICE ...
BARENTSZ RELICS 11 WHALE 64 RUINS OF SCALLOWAY CASTLE 68
SHARK 79 WHALES ' FOOD 82 BOTTLE - NOSE WHALE 85 SEA - BIRD 91 95
BRENT GEESE , EIDER DUCKS , AND YOUNG SNOW GOOSE YACHT IN AN
ICE ...
Página 5
The first land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoidsaerk (
white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's
Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
The first land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoidsaerk (
white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's
Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
Página 91
It is in vain we strain our eyes in the direction of Van Mayen's Island , whose
snow - clad peaks of Beerenberg have often been seen at a distance of ninety
miles ; but we know that we are in the vicinity of land by the presence of sea -
birds on ...
It is in vain we strain our eyes in the direction of Van Mayen's Island , whose
snow - clad peaks of Beerenberg have often been seen at a distance of ninety
miles ; but we know that we are in the vicinity of land by the presence of sea -
birds on ...
Página 94
Getting down again we struck across a kind of lagoon , rough with frozen snow ,
called by arctic travellers “ bay ice ; " for three miles our way lay across this flat ,
which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore .
Getting down again we struck across a kind of lagoon , rough with frozen snow ,
called by arctic travellers “ bay ice ; " for three miles our way lay across this flat ,
which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore .
Comentarios de la gente - Escribir un comentario
No encontramos ningún comentario en los lugares habituales.
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Información bibliográfica
| 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 |
| Exportar cita | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |