The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 98
... evidently of recent formation . Returning to the boat , we found our men in a state of great excitement ; they had returned from the chase of a little fox , which had occupied a good part of their FOX HUNTING . 99 66 time during our ...
... evidently of recent formation . Returning to the boat , we found our men in a state of great excitement ; they had returned from the chase of a little fox , which had occupied a good part of their FOX HUNTING . 99 66 time during our ...
Página 111
... evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the scal - hunting has commenced in ...
... evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the scal - hunting has commenced in ...
Página 111
... evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in ...
... evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in ...
Página 121
... evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre perhaps each feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide of ...
... evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre perhaps each feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide of ...
Página 133
... evidently closes around us , and we make desperate efforts to escape from being caught in the ice . Already we have struck several pieces and received some severe thumps , even a bit of our false keel , being broken off , came up to ...
... evidently closes around us , and we make desperate efforts to escape from being caught in the ice . Already we have struck several pieces and received some severe thumps , even a bit of our false keel , being broken off , came up to ...
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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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