The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... head foremost into the waves , and what was but recently its sub- merged portion will float above the sea , the centre of gravity having become altered by the melting of the ice of which it is composed . Then the attention is roused by ...
... head foremost into the waves , and what was but recently its sub- merged portion will float above the sea , the centre of gravity having become altered by the melting of the ice of which it is composed . Then the attention is roused by ...
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... head- long into another pack . The fog now grows so dense , we are quite unable to advance . Fortunately for us , the calm here was perfect , and the swell of the sea had quite subsided . Gradually the wind rises , and there being no ...
... head- long into another pack . The fog now grows so dense , we are quite unable to advance . Fortunately for us , the calm here was perfect , and the swell of the sea had quite subsided . Gradually the wind rises , and there being no ...
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... head and turns slowly to look upon us , when , of course , we remain perfectly still until she again settles quietly down . In this way we advance to within about thirty yards , when she turns restlessly , as if contemplating a sudden ...
... head and turns slowly to look upon us , when , of course , we remain perfectly still until she again settles quietly down . In this way we advance to within about thirty yards , when she turns restlessly , as if contemplating a sudden ...
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... head us since the 7th , and we determine to sail north . Here we obtain our first midnight observation of the sun , and find the altitude 6 ° 30 ' , lat . 73.12 . Up to this point we have been endeavouring to accustom ourselves to the ...
... head us since the 7th , and we determine to sail north . Here we obtain our first midnight observation of the sun , and find the altitude 6 ° 30 ' , lat . 73.12 . Up to this point we have been endeavouring to accustom ourselves to the ...
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... head foremost into the waves ; the young and old together rearing themselves half out of the water in their mad gambols , whilst a man seated aloft in the " crow's - nest " keeps constant watch upon their movements , in the hope that ...
... head foremost into the waves ; the young and old together rearing themselves half out of the water in their mad gambols , whilst a man seated aloft in the " crow's - nest " keeps constant watch upon their movements , in the hope that ...
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12 Paternoster Row 65 Cornhill amongst animals Arctic circle Author Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer Demy 8vo difficulty direction distance drift east Edition expedition explored fathoms fiord floating floe flora gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock Iceland Illustrated INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Lancaster Sound land latitude London look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla observed once open water ourselves Parry party Polar Pole present Price published by Henry pursuit reached region reindeer rocks round sailed sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner scientific seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledge Smith Sound snow southward Spitzbergen sport Strait surface temperature thick tion vessel vols Waigatz walrus WALTER BAGEHOT warm weather whale Willem Barentsz wind winter