The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... 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 rotten . On July ...
... 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 rotten . On July ...
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... our gallant friend , and our attention being drawn off from the receding tug - boat , we began to notice the fact that our schooner was already battling bravely with a high and heavy sea , the result of the recent gales . " Dinner , sir ! "
... our gallant friend , and our attention being drawn off from the receding tug - boat , we began to notice the fact that our schooner was already battling bravely with a high and heavy sea , the result of the recent gales . " Dinner , sir ! "
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... boat with one terrific blow , and had it not been for the harpoon lines which are always coiled down in the open spaces between the seats of the whale boat , and which served as a fender to the stroke , they might have suffered still ...
... boat with one terrific blow , and had it not been for the harpoon lines which are always coiled down in the open spaces between the seats of the whale boat , and which served as a fender to the stroke , they might have suffered still ...
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... boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and as there was but little use ...
... boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and as there was but little use ...
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... and the men , seizing the chance , endeavour by an organised onslaught to drive them ashore . Dashing out in their well - manned boats , they cut off the retreat of the herd , which is quickly thrown into confusion BOTTLE-NOSE WHALE.
... and the men , seizing the chance , endeavour by an organised onslaught to drive them ashore . Dashing out in their well - manned boats , they cut off the retreat of the herd , which is quickly thrown into confusion BOTTLE-NOSE WHALE.
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