The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 137
... force given to the boat's motion proves sufficient to bring us alongside . No one dares to turn his head , and we feel the short interval of enforced obedience to this severe trial of patience intensely . The narwhal all this time has ...
... force given to the boat's motion proves sufficient to bring us alongside . No one dares to turn his head , and we feel the short interval of enforced obedience to this severe trial of patience intensely . The narwhal all this time has ...
Página 161
... force into the quivering flesh , and after one short dive , one dying struggle on the surface , the huge leviathan lies floating dead . We cannot tell of the excitement of a chase of this kind - by comparison all other sport is tame ...
... force into the quivering flesh , and after one short dive , one dying struggle on the surface , the huge leviathan lies floating dead . We cannot tell of the excitement of a chase of this kind - by comparison all other sport is tame ...
Página 163
... force , and comes rushing through with a hollow sound , somewhat like the noise made by the whale as he rises to the surface of the sea . This solemn sound in the still air , when per- fectly calm in a land - locked bay of ice , is ...
... force , and comes rushing through with a hollow sound , somewhat like the noise made by the whale as he rises to the surface of the sea . This solemn sound in the still air , when per- fectly calm in a land - locked bay of ice , is ...
Página 176
... force is rapidly increasing . Some ice presses towards us from the southwards a circumstance to be noted , as ice never comes in this direction unless driven by strong winds . The large pieces continue their course towards the south ...
... force is rapidly increasing . Some ice presses towards us from the southwards a circumstance to be noted , as ice never comes in this direction unless driven by strong winds . The large pieces continue their course towards the south ...
Página 178
... force which sends her shivering from stem to stern , but her stanch timbers are equal to the shock , and she seems none the worse . Now we miss stays and make a stern board , losing our headway . This endangers our rudder , but it is ...
... force which sends her shivering from stem to stern , but her stanch timbers are equal to the shock , and she seems none the worse . Now we miss stays and make a stern board , losing our headway . This endangers our rudder , but it is ...
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