The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... less than a dozen voyageurs on each trip he made the following journeys on foot : - 1844-5 . Red River Colony to St. Mary's Miles . 1180 1847. From Repulse Bay round Committee Bay 1200 1851. From Bear Lake and on Arctic coast . 1080 ...
... less than a dozen voyageurs on each trip he made the following journeys on foot : - 1844-5 . Red River Colony to St. Mary's Miles . 1180 1847. From Repulse Bay round Committee Bay 1200 1851. From Bear Lake and on Arctic coast . 1080 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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amongst animals Arctic circle Arctic seas Barentsz bear Beerenberg boat Cape Captain coast cold crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora force gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Kennedy Channel Lancaster Sound land latitude look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal North Somerset northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack Parry party Polar Pole present pursuit reached regions reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport steamer Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel voyage Waigatz walrus warm water weather whale wind winter
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