The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... winds . Contiguous land was indicated by drift- wood , fresh mud , fresh - water ice , and eider ducks . The whole sea between this and Nova Zembla was free from ice . After this , heavy south - west gales drove the ship to 78 ° 5 ' N ...
... winds . Contiguous land was indicated by drift- wood , fresh mud , fresh - water ice , and eider ducks . The whole sea between this and Nova Zembla was free from ice . After this , heavy south - west gales drove the ship to 78 ° 5 ' N ...
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... wind and heavy rain , arguments which left no other alternative for us than the necessity of waiting for a favourable change . While we waited , Mr. Rickaby returned home from a sealing expedition to the west ice , between Jan Mayen's ...
... wind and heavy rain , arguments which left no other alternative for us than the necessity of waiting for a favourable change . While we waited , Mr. Rickaby returned home from a sealing expedition to the west ice , between Jan Mayen's ...
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... to run in again and seek shelter . We anchor under the lee , with a crowd of other craft , who , like ourselves , are waiting for the wind . As the day breaks OUR CREW . 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet 62 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... to run in again and seek shelter . We anchor under the lee , with a crowd of other craft , who , like ourselves , are waiting for the wind . As the day breaks OUR CREW . 63 on Tuesday morning the whole fleet 62 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... wind , but we soon overreach them , and the fine sailing qualities of our schooner are soon evident to all . There is a kind of pardonable pride in such a display , and we revel in our success over our unknown opponents . The wind blows ...
... wind , but we soon overreach them , and the fine sailing qualities of our schooner are soon evident to all . There is a kind of pardonable pride in such a display , and we revel in our success over our unknown opponents . The wind blows ...
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... wind again veered round to the north , and as there was but little use in contending with a high sea , with opposing wind and tide , and weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make ...
... wind again veered round to the north , and as there was but little use in contending with a high sea , with opposing wind and tide , and weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make ...
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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