The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 34
Página 35
... less than the mean distance nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods it has been 14,500,000 miles less than the mean nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion . In other words the earth when nearest the ...
... less than the mean distance nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion ; but at certain periods it has been 14,500,000 miles less than the mean nearer the sun in aphelion than in perihelion . In other words the earth when nearest the ...
Página 36
... less ice - encumbered than the South Pole probably arises from there being , as is supposed , little land near it . The conjectures above given as to what may have been are rendered probabilities by the character of the fossil plants ...
... less ice - encumbered than the South Pole probably arises from there being , as is supposed , little land near it . The conjectures above given as to what may have been are rendered probabilities by the character of the fossil plants ...
Página 55
... less to direct us in the course we should pursue when in doubt . These old whaling captains alone possess the requisite knowledge at the present time , and men of science have but little opportunity of formulating the valuable ...
... less to direct us in the course we should pursue when in doubt . These old whaling captains alone possess the requisite knowledge at the present time , and men of science have but little opportunity of formulating the valuable ...
Página 56
... less observant are compelled to struggle on in hopeless mazes , which too often render their venture fruitless , if no worse fate attends them , as we will have occasion to mention further on . It may be well to mention that our friend ...
... less observant are compelled to struggle on in hopeless mazes , which too often render their venture fruitless , if no worse fate attends them , as we will have occasion to mention further on . It may be well to mention that our friend ...
Página 77
... less turbulent ; and as soon as we were clear of the land it settled down to its usual regular motion ; then we bustled along with a fair wind . Some of the seamen that were " floored " by sea sickness on first meeting with the rough ...
... less turbulent ; and as soon as we were clear of the land it settled down to its usual regular motion ; then we bustled along with a fair wind . Some of the seamen that were " floored " by sea sickness on first meeting with the rough ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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