The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... called the Arctic Highlanders , which occupies about 600 miles of sea coast . They are unable to advance farther south or north , in con- sequence of two large glaciers entering the sea , which prove to be impassable barriers to them ...
... called the Arctic Highlanders , which occupies about 600 miles of sea coast . They are unable to advance farther south or north , in con- sequence of two large glaciers entering the sea , which prove to be impassable barriers to them ...
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... called upon for a suitable text to affix to the stone forming the frontispiece of the house , and without fear , " remembering the sinful enormity of that overbearing oppression which had enforced its structure , " quoted the parable of ...
... called upon for a suitable text to affix to the stone forming the frontispiece of the house , and without fear , " remembering the sinful enormity of that overbearing oppression which had enforced its structure , " quoted the parable of ...
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... called . While we were there , the whole village wore . a busy aspect , which may have been unusual ; cer- tainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations ...
... called . While we were there , the whole village wore . a busy aspect , which may have been unusual ; cer- tainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations ...
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... called by arctic travellers " bay ice ; " for three miles our way lay across this flat , which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore . We found our friends at length , and enjoyed with them the prospect ...
... called by arctic travellers " bay ice ; " for three miles our way lay across this flat , which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore . We found our friends at length , and enjoyed with them the prospect ...
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... scattered over its surface are called by the Arctic voyagers . These are treacherous places to venture upon , as the action of the air and the wasting influence of the salt ASPECT OF THE ICY SEA . 101 sea , are 100 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... scattered over its surface are called by the Arctic voyagers . These are treacherous places to venture upon , as the action of the air and the wasting influence of the salt ASPECT OF THE ICY SEA . 101 sea , are 100 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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