The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... kind of whale swims in our company . This time it is the bottle - nose ( Delphinus deductor ) . Five of these fellows play around the bows ; diving for a moment , they appear again close to the stern . Their gambols rouse our desire to ...
... kind of whale swims in our company . This time it is the bottle - nose ( Delphinus deductor ) . Five of these fellows play around the bows ; diving for a moment , they appear again close to the stern . Their gambols rouse our desire to ...
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... kind of lagoon , rough with frozen snow , called by arctic travellers " bay ice ; " for three miles our way lay across this flat , which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore . We found our friends at ...
... kind of lagoon , rough with frozen snow , called by arctic travellers " bay ice ; " for three miles our way lay across this flat , which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore . We found our friends at ...
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... , as the stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind . The wind had not shifted during our short stay , EXTINCT CRATERS . 97 45 and there was therefore no 96 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... , as the stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind . The wind had not shifted during our short stay , EXTINCT CRATERS . 97 45 and there was therefore no 96 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... kind of service . We noticed that the blows were delivered upon the angles and corners of the ice rather than upon the surface directly . Should the vessel strike against ice aground , of course the shock is as great as if a rock was ...
... kind of service . We noticed that the blows were delivered upon the angles and corners of the ice rather than upon the surface directly . Should the vessel strike against ice aground , of course the shock is as great as if a rock was ...
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... kind . Slowly and gradually they sink , in the most tiresome and tantalising manner , while you are trying to fix the sights of your rifle in the very unsteady boat . The thought that they must be hit fair in the head is an additional ...
... kind . Slowly and gradually they sink , in the most tiresome and tantalising manner , while you are trying to fix the sights of your rifle in the very unsteady boat . The thought that they must be hit fair in the head is an additional ...
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