The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... direction of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit , and perhaps of variations in the ellipticity of the orbit itself . " In mineralogy perhaps the most interesting dis- covery has been the masses of iron found at Ovifath . They ...
... direction of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit , and perhaps of variations in the ellipticity of the orbit itself . " In mineralogy perhaps the most interesting dis- covery has been the masses of iron found at Ovifath . They ...
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... direction ; and although they also told Kane that no people existed farther north , they had a tradition that there were herds of musk oxen far to the north on an island in an iceless sea . That natives have been to the north of the ...
... direction ; and although they also told Kane that no people existed farther north , they had a tradition that there were herds of musk oxen far to the north on an island in an iceless sea . That natives have been to the north of the ...
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... direction . In 1869 the natives could not be found , although their deserted habitations were visible , and musk oxen , & c . , abounded . These facts render it probable that these natives , or rather their descendants , have gone north ...
... direction . In 1869 the natives could not be found , although their deserted habitations were visible , and musk oxen , & c . , abounded . These facts render it probable that these natives , or rather their descendants , have gone north ...
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... direction than any other , which would have the double effect of narrowing the ice - band and of rendering it brittle in structure and more easily penetrable . CHAPTER I. " Fond men ! if we believe that 52 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... direction than any other , which would have the double effect of narrowing the ice - band and of rendering it brittle in structure and more easily penetrable . CHAPTER I. " Fond men ! if we believe that 52 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... direction of the ruin , that we found ourselves beneath the walls of this ancient keep , and as it had been raining all the time of SCALLOWAY CASTLE . 69 our weary search , we were. 68 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . RUINS OF SCALLOWAY CASTLE.
... direction of the ruin , that we found ourselves beneath the walls of this ancient keep , and as it had been raining all the time of SCALLOWAY CASTLE . 69 our weary search , we were. 68 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN . RUINS OF SCALLOWAY CASTLE.
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