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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... spent in wandering in the 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 .
... spent in wandering in the 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 .
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amongst animals Arctic seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter