The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... animal measured by my friend Dr. Murie , he found the entire length to be sixty feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in common with most of the family Balanopterida , does not go far north as a rule ...
... animal measured by my friend Dr. Murie , he found the entire length to be sixty feet ; of this the head measured nearly twelve feet . This species , in common with most of the family Balanopterida , does not go far north as a rule ...
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... animal . She is resting on the ice , and as we approach , she lifts her head and turns slowly to look upon us , when , of course , we remain perfectly still until she again settles quietly down . In this way we advance to within about ...
... animal . She is resting on the ice , and as we approach , she lifts her head and turns slowly to look upon us , when , of course , we remain perfectly still until she again settles quietly down . In this way we advance to within about ...
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... animal heat is retained for a considerable period after death . A rope is now attached to the hide , which is thickly coated with blubber , and the heavy mass ( worth from £ 35 to £ 40 per ton ) is about to be dragged towards the boat ...
... animal heat is retained for a considerable period after death . A rope is now attached to the hide , which is thickly coated with blubber , and the heavy mass ( worth from £ 35 to £ 40 per ton ) is about to be dragged towards the boat ...
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... animals having in no wise abated , we vary the performance by steering the schooner along the ice edge , the sportsman with his gun keeping a sharp look- out for game , particular attention being bestowed on each long - point end , as ...
... animals having in no wise abated , we vary the performance by steering the schooner along the ice edge , the sportsman with his gun keeping a sharp look- out for game , particular attention being bestowed on each long - point end , as ...
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... animals having in no wise abated , we vary the performance by steering the schooner along the ice edge , the sportsman with his gun keeping a sharp look- out for game , particular attention being bestowed on each long - point end , as ...
... animals having in no wise abated , we vary the performance by steering the schooner along the ice edge , the sportsman with his gun keeping a sharp look- out for game , particular attention being bestowed on each long - point end , as ...
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12 Paternoster Row 65 Cornhill amongst animals Arctic circle Author Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer Demy 8vo difficulty direction distance drift east Edition expedition explored fathoms fiord floating floe flora gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock Iceland Illustrated INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Lancaster Sound land latitude London look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla observed once open water ourselves Parry party Polar Pole present Price published by Henry pursuit reached region reindeer rocks round sailed sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner scientific seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledge Smith Sound snow southward Spitzbergen sport Strait surface temperature thick tion vessel vols Waigatz walrus WALTER BAGEHOT warm weather whale Willem Barentsz wind winter