The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... crew were transferred to the North Star , which took them to England through Baffin's Bay , and they were consequently the first persons who had traversed the North - West Passage from end to end . Mr. Kennedy and Lieutenant Bellot ...
... crew were transferred to the North Star , which took them to England through Baffin's Bay , and they were consequently the first persons who had traversed the North - West Passage from end to end . Mr. Kennedy and Lieutenant Bellot ...
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... crews at the same time that he collected the reports of the natives as to their fate , and fairly earned the Government reward of £ 10,000 . Independently of the geographical results which were achieved by Dr. Rae's journeys , an ...
... crews at the same time that he collected the reports of the natives as to their fate , and fairly earned the Government reward of £ 10,000 . Independently of the geographical results which were achieved by Dr. Rae's journeys , an ...
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... crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the Seven Islands . They reached 80 ° 36 ′ N. in 2 ° E. and 80 ° 48 ′ N. in 20 ° E. , and had failed in penetrating any part of the pack ...
... crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the Seven Islands . They reached 80 ° 36 ′ N. in 2 ° E. and 80 ° 48 ′ N. in 20 ° E. , and had failed in penetrating any part of the pack ...
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... crew of Norwegian whale - fishers , but the superstitious fears of these curious people overcame every attempt to prosecute a voyage so well begun , and our friend was most reluctantly compelled to relinquish an oppor- tunity of sailing ...
... crew of Norwegian whale - fishers , but the superstitious fears of these curious people overcame every attempt to prosecute a voyage so well begun , and our friend was most reluctantly compelled to relinquish an oppor- tunity of sailing ...
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... secures a crew , while the awful experiences of those who have escaped from former hazardous expeditions at this season of the year , seem to have little or no effect upon the men themselves or their ready listeners . Only.
... secures a crew , while the awful experiences of those who have escaped from former hazardous expeditions at this season of the year , seem to have little or no effect upon the men themselves or their ready listeners . Only.
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