The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... carry the swivel - gun of one and a - half inch bore , strong enough to throw a har- Foon of ten pounds weight a distance of twenty yards with perfect accuracy . This support is firmly fixed to the keel , the bollard being twisted to ...
... carry the swivel - gun of one and a - half inch bore , strong enough to throw a har- Foon of ten pounds weight a distance of twenty yards with perfect accuracy . This support is firmly fixed to the keel , the bollard being twisted to ...
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... carry in anticipation of a cargo of oil , a store of coal in the oil tanks . Such vessels are necessarily costly , being constructed to steam and sail whenever the occasion may demand it . Owners of steam - vessels or of sailing crafts ...
... carry in anticipation of a cargo of oil , a store of coal in the oil tanks . Such vessels are necessarily costly , being constructed to steam and sail whenever the occasion may demand it . Owners of steam - vessels or of sailing crafts ...
Página 147
... to the anatomist the most dissimilar modes of progression . Some raise the body in erect or semi - erect postures ; others , by far the greater number , carry the body hori- gradually subsid 118 FTE the thought of 1 food , L 2.
... to the anatomist the most dissimilar modes of progression . Some raise the body in erect or semi - erect postures ; others , by far the greater number , carry the body hori- gradually subsid 118 FTE the thought of 1 food , L 2.
Página 147
... . ect or semi - erect postures ; amber , carry the body hori- the for distance , and the man bek gled Sentives , struggles darogh the to the good little veel ring al L2 But zontally above , and support it on four feet.
... . ect or semi - erect postures ; amber , carry the body hori- the for distance , and the man bek gled Sentives , struggles darogh the to the good little veel ring al L2 But zontally above , and support it on four feet.
Página 206
... carried by a strong current to the southwards , as they with perfect cool- ness fend off each seeming danger as it presents itself and tack and tack again towards the clear spaces . Now and then we receive a thump on our ship's stout ...
... carried by a strong current to the southwards , as they with perfect cool- ness fend off each seeming danger as it presents itself and tack and tack again towards the clear spaces . Now and then we receive a thump on our ship's stout ...
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amongst animals Arctic circle Arctic seas Barentsz bear Beerenberg boat Cape Captain coast cold crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora force gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Kennedy Channel Lancaster Sound land latitude look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal North Somerset northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack Parry party Polar Pole present pursuit reached regions reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport steamer Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel voyage Waigatz walrus warm water weather whale wind winter
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