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- poon 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- poon 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 ...
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... 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- zontally above , and support it on four feet , 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- zontally above , and support it on four feet , L 2.
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... carried on with hardly an hour's respite , and these three days seem an infinity of time to us all . The wind , coming up from the south , had probably been the cause of all our present trouble , as in the previous year there was no ...
... carried on with hardly an hour's respite , and these three days seem an infinity of time to us all . The wind , coming up from the south , had probably been the cause of all our present trouble , as in the previous year there was no ...
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... carried off some young birds of the year which were capital eat- ing . Returning , our friend wanders a little out of the way , and some deer are seen in the distance by us ; we wave a handkerchief to attract his attention , and we.
... carried off some young birds of the year which were capital eat- ing . Returning , our friend wanders a little out of the way , and some deer are seen in the distance by us ; we wave a handkerchief to attract his attention , and we.
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amongst animals Arctic seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter