The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Captain Luke Fox , in 1631 , was chiefly a re - survey of what Button had seen . Fox , however , coasted along the east side of Cumberland Strait , as far as St. Peregrine , in 66 ° 47 ′ N. In the same year Captain James wintered in ...
... Captain Luke Fox , in 1631 , was chiefly a re - survey of what Button had seen . Fox , however , coasted along the east side of Cumberland Strait , as far as St. Peregrine , in 66 ° 47 ′ N. In the same year Captain James wintered in ...
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... Captain John Ross and Lieute- nant W. E. Parry went up Davis ' Strait , but they did little more than confirm the observations of Baffin . Lancaster Sound was , however , now found to be free from ice , and Captain Ross sailed into it a ...
... Captain John Ross and Lieute- nant W. E. Parry went up Davis ' Strait , but they did little more than confirm the observations of Baffin . Lancaster Sound was , however , now found to be free from ice , and Captain Ross sailed into it a ...
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... Captain Lyon , and confirmed the discoveries of Middleton . He passed the first winter at Winter Island , and the second at Igloolik , and followed the Fury and Hecla Strait to its junction with Regent Inlet . In 1824 he again at ...
... Captain Lyon , and confirmed the discoveries of Middleton . He passed the first winter at Winter Island , and the second at Igloolik , and followed the Fury and Hecla Strait to its junction with Regent Inlet . In 1824 he again at ...
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... Captain Beechey sailed through Behring's Strait to Point Barrow , in 71 ° 38 ′ N. Dr. Richardson and Lieutenant Kendall coasted in boats from the mouth of the Mackenzie River eastward , doubling Cape Bathurst , in 70 ° 31′N . , and Cape ...
... Captain Beechey sailed through Behring's Strait to Point Barrow , in 71 ° 38 ′ N. Dr. Richardson and Lieutenant Kendall coasted in boats from the mouth of the Mackenzie River eastward , doubling Cape Bathurst , in 70 ° 31′N . , and Cape ...
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... Captain Back , supported by public subscription , was sent in search of it . He wintered in 1833 on Great Slave Lake , and in 1834 descended the Back River to its mouth , and explored the coast from Cape Britannia to Point Richardson ...
... Captain Back , supported by public subscription , was sent in search of it . He wintered in 1833 on Great Slave Lake , and in 1834 descended the Back River to its mouth , and explored the coast from Cape Britannia to Point Richardson ...
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