The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Arctic travelling , for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ; and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been recovered state that while the sailors were searching ...
... Arctic travelling , for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ; and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been recovered state that while the sailors were searching ...
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... Arctic circle , but both their ships went up Chesterfield Inlet . Hearne's land journeys added much to our geographical knowledge of North America ; but in this place they are noticeable , because he advanced to the mouth of the ...
... Arctic circle , but both their ships went up Chesterfield Inlet . Hearne's land journeys added much to our geographical knowledge of North America ; but in this place they are noticeable , because he advanced to the mouth of the ...
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... Arctic circle . This was also shown by Cook , in 1776 , when he coasted along the west coast of America , through Behring's Strait , as far as Ice Cape , in 70 ° N. In 1789 , Sir N. Mackenzie followed the Mackenzie River to its ter ...
... Arctic circle . This was also shown by Cook , in 1776 , when he coasted along the west coast of America , through Behring's Strait , as far as Ice Cape , in 70 ° N. In 1789 , Sir N. Mackenzie followed the Mackenzie River to its ter ...
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... Arctic voyages which had yet been made . He discovered the islands of North Devon , Cornwallis , Bathurst , Melville , North Somerset , Cape Walker , and Banks's Land , which forms part of Baring's Island . From 1819 to 1822 Sir John ...
... Arctic voyages which had yet been made . He discovered the islands of North Devon , Cornwallis , Bathurst , Melville , North Somerset , Cape Walker , and Banks's Land , which forms part of Baring's Island . From 1819 to 1822 Sir John ...
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... Arctic voyages as having been carried out at less comparative expense than almost any other , and yet as efficiently as any . They are good examples , out of several journeys which might be instanced , illustrative of the fact that Arctic ...
... Arctic voyages as having been carried out at less comparative expense than almost any other , and yet as efficiently as any . They are good examples , out of several journeys which might be instanced , illustrative of the fact that Arctic ...
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