The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 44
Página 24
... attempted to sail straight across the Polar Sea . He struck the east coast of Greenland , in 67 ° 30 ′ N. , and after proceeding north for seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. ...
... attempted to sail straight across the Polar Sea . He struck the east coast of Greenland , in 67 ° 30 ′ N. , and after proceeding north for seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. ...
Página 25
... attempted to reach the Pole , but was stopped by ice at 80 ° 28 ′ N. Cap- tains Phipps and Lutwidge , with Horatio Nelson among their crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the ...
... attempted to reach the Pole , but was stopped by ice at 80 ° 28 ′ N. Cap- tains Phipps and Lutwidge , with Horatio Nelson among their crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the ...
Página 26
... attempted in boats which were specially adapted to act also as sledges . The northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and ...
... attempted in boats which were specially adapted to act also as sledges . The northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and ...
Página 29
... attempted to follow up these discoveries by proceeding through Stor Fiord . The way was blocked , and so they tried to get to the east of the Spitzbergen Islands . Hope Island was found to be free from ice on August 19. On August 28 ...
... attempted to follow up these discoveries by proceeding through Stor Fiord . The way was blocked , and so they tried to get to the east of the Spitzbergen Islands . Hope Island was found to be free from ice on August 19. On August 28 ...
Página 30
... attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's ...
... attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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