The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... facts ; and botanists look anxiously to further explorations in the northern parts of Greenland for more light on the subject , and espe- cially for evidence of rising or sinking of the land , and for evidence of ancient connection ...
... facts ; and botanists look anxiously to further explorations in the northern parts of Greenland for more light on the subject , and espe- cially for evidence of rising or sinking of the land , and for evidence of ancient connection ...
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... facts as those of the existence of ancient forests in what are now Arctic regions , and of the migration of existing flora over lands now bound fast in perpetual ice , appear to some naturalists to call for vaster changes than can be ...
... facts as those of the existence of ancient forests in what are now Arctic regions , and of the migration of existing flora over lands now bound fast in perpetual ice , appear to some naturalists to call for vaster changes than can be ...
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... facts render it probable that these natives , or rather their descendants , have gone north of 76 ° , while the musk oxen and other animals have come from the north . Probably , too , there is a tract of habitable land between the ...
... facts render it probable that these natives , or rather their descendants , have gone north of 76 ° , while the musk oxen and other animals have come from the north . Probably , too , there is a tract of habitable land between the ...
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... fact that there are several routes to the Pole , and something may be said in favour of each , and there is no reason why exploration should not be conducted along all . Next to investigating the lands which have already been discovered ...
... fact that there are several routes to the Pole , and something may be said in favour of each , and there is no reason why exploration should not be conducted along all . Next to investigating the lands which have already been discovered ...
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... fact that they do not develop glaciers , which can only be formed in regions of perennial ice . The Spitzbergen route certainly must be the best of all for the purpose mentioned ; but , in addition to this , it has , like the Smith ...
... fact that they do not develop glaciers , which can only be formed in regions of perennial ice . The Spitzbergen route certainly must be the best of all for the purpose mentioned ; but , in addition to this , it has , like the Smith ...
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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