The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Hope Island was found to be free from ice on August 19. On August 28 they reached 77 ° 17 ′ N. , and further east the ice became lighter . On August 30 they were beyond 78 ° N. and 41 ° E. in a sea free from ice . In the night ice was ...
... Hope Island was found to be free from ice on August 19. On August 28 they reached 77 ° 17 ′ N. , and further east the ice became lighter . On August 30 they were beyond 78 ° N. and 41 ° E. in a sea free from ice . In the night ice was ...
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... hope there are few such men . Let us also hope there are many who will lend a hand to removing the obstructions , E official and national , which impede the pursuit of Arctic.
... hope there are few such men . Let us also hope there are many who will lend a hand to removing the obstructions , E official and national , which impede the pursuit of Arctic.
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... hope to draw the requisite instructions to guide us in moments of difficulty or danger , much less to direct us in the course we should pursue when in doubt . These old whaling captains alone possess the requisite knowledge at the ...
... hope to draw the requisite instructions to guide us in moments of difficulty or danger , much less to direct us in the course we should pursue when in doubt . These old whaling captains alone possess the requisite knowledge at the ...
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... hope to make the south en- trance of Lerwick Harbour before twelve next day . The north entrance is narrow and studded with rocks ; and our chart was somewhat old ; we passed the south entrance during the night , having made a bad land ...
... hope to make the south en- trance of Lerwick Harbour before twelve next day . The north entrance is narrow and studded with rocks ; and our chart was somewhat old ; we passed the south entrance during the night , having made a bad land ...
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... hope to find streams of water leading to the westward , and we make the at- tempt . There was a long neck of ice about two miles broad , the sea breaking on the outer edge , the swell lifting the inner pieces and threatening to grind ...
... hope to find streams of water leading to the westward , and we make the at- tempt . There was a long neck of ice about two miles broad , the sea breaking on the outer edge , the swell lifting the inner pieces and threatening to grind ...
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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