The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with double planking , to offer the strongest resistance that.
... her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking closer , we found her frame was coated with double planking , to offer the strongest resistance that.
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... give many another hearty cheer , which told us plainly that their anxious and best wishes are sin- cerely with us . We have Captain Wells on board , and he seems , even at the last moment , more than half resolved to come with us , but ...
... give many another hearty cheer , which told us plainly that their anxious and best wishes are sin- cerely with us . We have Captain Wells on board , and he seems , even at the last moment , more than half resolved to come with us , but ...
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... gives place to new phases of nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect - to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly the scenes they describe ; but , after all ...
... gives place to new phases of nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect - to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly the scenes they describe ; but , after all ...
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... and as for being ordered about by a set of middies who knows nothing they give orders about - no , sir , none of my family enter the Navy ; we saw enough of them up RIGHT WHALES . 81 the Straits to see what they 80 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... and as for being ordered about by a set of middies who knows nothing they give orders about - no , sir , none of my family enter the Navy ; we saw enough of them up RIGHT WHALES . 81 the Straits to see what they 80 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... give us the opportunity of testing its gastronomic qualifications . At 6 P.M. the fog lifted , and we had a fine view of Mount Beerenberg , bearing S.W. S. , at a distance of about eighty miles ; the wind was from south - west , and the ...
... give us the opportunity of testing its gastronomic qualifications . At 6 P.M. the fog lifted , and we had a fine view of Mount Beerenberg , bearing S.W. S. , at a distance of about eighty miles ; the wind was from south - west , and the ...
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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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