The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... caused by all this commotion gave additional anxiety to such of us as were unused to it , and it was not until we had again escaped from a spot where the least shift of wind would , in spite of all our efforts , have driven us upon a ...
... caused by all this commotion gave additional anxiety to such of us as were unused to it , and it was not until we had again escaped from a spot where the least shift of wind would , in spite of all our efforts , have driven us upon a ...
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... the task of restoring the poor fellows to health and to their friends ; and we now had two of these Diana men on board with us , who , SEA BIRDS . 91 but for certain indelible marks caused 30 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . 90.
... the task of restoring the poor fellows to health and to their friends ; and we now had two of these Diana men on board with us , who , SEA BIRDS . 91 but for certain indelible marks caused 30 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . 90.
Página 91
... caused by the expo- sure and incessant toil at the pumps , seemed as capable of enduring the vicissitudes of many a future year's Arctic voyaging as the ablest seaman on board our schooner . For two days we have the dense fog thick ...
... caused by the expo- sure and incessant toil at the pumps , seemed as capable of enduring the vicissitudes of many a future year's Arctic voyaging as the ablest seaman on board our schooner . For two days we have the dense fog thick ...
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... caused them to glitter and sparkle again . We had never contemplated anything so fairy - like , and at the same time so weird- looking . We had a long ten - hour walk , and were rewarded by the discovery of a hitherto unnoticed crater ...
... caused them to glitter and sparkle again . We had never contemplated anything so fairy - like , and at the same time so weird- looking . We had a long ten - hour walk , and were rewarded by the discovery of a hitherto unnoticed crater ...
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... - tection were nearly emptied of their contents early in the day , as the wild duck knew to their cost . is to this cause they attributed their failure And it in the attempt to capture the first Arctic white fox met with H 2.
... - tection were nearly emptied of their contents early in the day , as the wild duck knew to their cost . is to this cause they attributed their failure And it in the attempt to capture the first Arctic white fox met with H 2.
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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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