The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... formation and accumulation of ice within the Arctic circle . The flow of warm water from the Pole may conjecturally be inferred to be more voluminous in this direction than any other , which would have the double effect of narrowing the ...
... formation and accumulation of ice within the Arctic circle . The flow of warm water from the Pole may conjecturally be inferred to be more voluminous in this direction than any other , which would have the double effect of narrowing the ...
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... formed opinion : her ribs and strengthening pieces were extra strong . We soon gathered from her general aspect , that she was built for strength combined with speed . In her former most prosperous voyage she was manned , on some ...
... formed opinion : her ribs and strengthening pieces were extra strong . We soon gathered from her general aspect , that she was built for strength combined with speed . In her former most prosperous voyage she was manned , on some ...
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... forming the frontispiece of the house , and without fear , " remembering the sinful enormity of that overbearing oppression which had enforced its structure , " quoted the parable of the house built on a rock , and that constructed on ...
... forming the frontispiece of the house , and without fear , " remembering the sinful enormity of that overbearing oppression which had enforced its structure , " quoted the parable of the house built on a rock , and that constructed on ...
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... formed the first part of the curve in which the drive is made . The odour of a whale is most unpleasant , and he leaves a slimy track behind him , just such a track as some great black slug leaves when passing over the garden path in ...
... formed the first part of the curve in which the drive is made . The odour of a whale is most unpleasant , and he leaves a slimy track behind him , just such a track as some great black slug leaves when passing over the garden path in ...
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... formed by the washing away of the moun- tains was heaped up in the neighbourhood of the sea into rich plains , and its richness surprised us . There are two craters marked upon the chart , which at no distant period gave out flames and ...
... formed by the washing away of the moun- tains was heaped up in the neighbourhood of the sea into rich plains , and its richness surprised us . There are two craters marked upon the chart , which at no distant period gave out flames and ...
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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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