The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... continued , in- creasing temperature would probably have been found at a lower depth , as was the case further north . June 15. - To - day we were well in the ice , and had only time to sound in 50 fathoms ; but even here we found an ...
... continued , in- creasing temperature would probably have been found at a lower depth , as was the case further north . June 15. - To - day we were well in the ice , and had only time to sound in 50 fathoms ; but even here we found an ...
Página 252
... continued cannonade , while the din lasted ; and then the noise and clatter as suddenly stopped , and the old silence once more reigned on the mountain side -- a silence only dis- turbed by the trickling noise of the mountain stream ...
... continued cannonade , while the din lasted ; and then the noise and clatter as suddenly stopped , and the old silence once more reigned on the mountain side -- a silence only dis- turbed by the trickling noise of the mountain stream ...
Página 270
... continued their route three leagues further , " till the sun was at North , " when they were near an opening about a Dutch league broad , in the middle of which was an island , so that in fact it formed two openings . The Southern ...
... continued their route three leagues further , " till the sun was at North , " when they were near an opening about a Dutch league broad , in the middle of which was an island , so that in fact it formed two openings . The Southern ...
Página 279
... continued their course W. by N. till noon on the 12th , when the latitude was observed 71 ° 10 ' N. * They repassed the Strait on the 14th , and on the 15th were joined by Barentsz , returning from the North of Nova Zembla . Girard le ...
... continued their course W. by N. till noon on the 12th , when the latitude was observed 71 ° 10 ' N. * They repassed the Strait on the 14th , and on the 15th were joined by Barentsz , returning from the North of Nova Zembla . Girard le ...
Página 284
... continued in unsuccessful endeavour to advance East North - east- ward till the middle of the month , the weather in- creasing in sharpness and the nights in length . On the 15th , the commanders and principal persons of the fleet held ...
... continued in unsuccessful endeavour to advance East North - east- ward till the middle of the month , the weather in- creasing in sharpness and the nights in length . On the 15th , the commanders and principal persons of the fleet held ...
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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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