The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... hand in the second boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and as there ...
... hand in the second boat ; but for this the adventure might have had a still more serious ending , their ship , as often happens , being away a considerable distance at the time . The wind again veered round to the north , and as there ...
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... hand which grasps the line into the air , and then lets the weight subside again ; this action is repeated for some time , when he is at length rewarded by the capture of a fine fish - not fairly hooked of course - but the barbed hooks ...
... hand which grasps the line into the air , and then lets the weight subside again ; this action is repeated for some time , when he is at length rewarded by the capture of a fine fish - not fairly hooked of course - but the barbed hooks ...
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... hands declare that it portends an easterly wind if seen further north ; but here , so far south , it surely indicates that the pack ice is well south . The 25th of May finds us to the southward of the Shetlands , and we hope to make the ...
... hands declare that it portends an easterly wind if seen further north ; but here , so far south , it surely indicates that the pack ice is well south . The 25th of May finds us to the southward of the Shetlands , and we hope to make the ...
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... hand of nature mark'd , Quoted and sign'd , to do a deed of shame , " laid a tax upon each parish in the county , obliging the Shetlanders to find as many men as were required for the building , as well as furnish provisions for the ...
... hand of nature mark'd , Quoted and sign'd , to do a deed of shame , " laid a tax upon each parish in the county , obliging the Shetlanders to find as many men as were required for the building , as well as furnish provisions for the ...
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... hands , so that our party now numbered seventeen people , and , judg- ing from appearances , we were likely enough to have a pleasant time of it in the north , where there would be plenty of sport ; if the formidable array of whaling ...
... hands , so that our party now numbered seventeen people , and , judg- ing from appearances , we were likely enough to have a pleasant time of it in the north , where there would be plenty of sport ; if the formidable array of whaling ...
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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