The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 59
... difficulties to contend with in this voyage , of no small degree . Frozen for three weeks in the pack that surrounded them , they drifted south as far as Iceland , but at length the ice gave way , and they were once more set free . The ...
... difficulties to contend with in this voyage , of no small degree . Frozen for three weeks in the pack that surrounded them , they drifted south as far as Iceland , but at length the ice gave way , and they were once more set free . The ...
Página 77
... difficulty respecting his right to the flotsam and jetsam with King Charles II . led ultimately to his loss of certain property granted to the family by the Crown . As we proceeded north the sea grew gradually less turbulent ; and as ...
... difficulty respecting his right to the flotsam and jetsam with King Charles II . led ultimately to his loss of certain property granted to the family by the Crown . As we proceeded north the sea grew gradually less turbulent ; and as ...
Página 84
... difficulty of its capture , it is never attacked unless by mistake or through ignorance . In Davis's Straits one was seen floating , dead ; to it the men rowed , taking it for a right whale , but on discovering their mistake they ...
... difficulty of its capture , it is never attacked unless by mistake or through ignorance . In Davis's Straits one was seen floating , dead ; to it the men rowed , taking it for a right whale , but on discovering their mistake they ...
Página 89
... difficulty that might arise . They told of their long and labo- rious voyage to Lancaster Sound , where they were ... difficulties were encountered by a ship hardly supplied with necessaries for the voyage out . The Diana was short also ...
... difficulty that might arise . They told of their long and labo- rious voyage to Lancaster Sound , where they were ... difficulties were encountered by a ship hardly supplied with necessaries for the voyage out . The Diana was short also ...
Página 90
... difficulties , but the captain and nine of the men were unable to cope with the sufferings of their enforced exile , and died during the winter . The remainder of the men , with tattered clothes , ill - suited to the severity of the ...
... difficulties , but the captain and nine of the men were unable to cope with the sufferings of their enforced exile , and died during the winter . The remainder of the men , with tattered clothes , ill - suited to the severity of the ...
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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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