The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... the west side of Baffin's Bay . He saw Cary Islands , Jones's Sound , and Lan- caster Sound , which was blocked up by ice ( July 12 ) . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 13 Through stress of weather , together 12 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... the west side of Baffin's Bay . He saw Cary Islands , Jones's Sound , and Lan- caster Sound , which was blocked up by ice ( July 12 ) . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 13 Through stress of weather , together 12 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 13 Through stress of weather , together with the ill - health of his crew , he was unable to ascend these sounds , and was compelled to make for the coast of Greenland ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 13 Through stress of weather , together with the ill - health of his crew , he was unable to ascend these sounds , and was compelled to make for the coast of Greenland ...
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... weather was clear , he could see no land to the north . This is not the Gillis Land of old geographers , which is pro- bably identical with another group of islands about sixty miles farther north . In the summer of 1872 , Captain ...
... weather was clear , he could see no land to the north . This is not the Gillis Land of old geographers , which is pro- bably identical with another group of islands about sixty miles farther north . In the summer of 1872 , Captain ...
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... weather in relation to the movements of the ice in the far north ( a knowledge to be gained only by long experience and the keenest interest in the subject ) would have been to us of the greatest possible value ; for it is needless to ...
... weather in relation to the movements of the ice in the far north ( a knowledge to be gained only by long experience and the keenest interest in the subject ) would have been to us of the greatest possible value ; for it is needless to ...
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... weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable change , and , without more ado , put into Leith Roads , where we made everything secure . Once again we are under weigh ...
... weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable change , and , without more ado , put into Leith Roads , where we made everything secure . Once again we are under weigh ...
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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