The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 97
... look after our boat in our absence . The soil formed by the washing away of the moun- tains was heaped up in the neighbourhood of the sea into rich plains , and its richness surprised us . There are two craters marked upon the chart ...
... look after our boat in our absence . The soil formed by the washing away of the moun- tains was heaped up in the neighbourhood of the sea into rich plains , and its richness surprised us . There are two craters marked upon the chart ...
Página 107
... 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 move ; we see her keen ...
... 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 move ; we see her keen ...
Página 108
... look about for the seal . There she lies , however , dead upon a tongue of ice , and just beneath the surface ; but for this platform beneath the waves , which is a rather common shape assumed by floating ice , it would have been a ...
... look about for the seal . There she lies , however , dead upon a tongue of ice , and just beneath the surface ; but for this platform beneath the waves , which is a rather common shape assumed by floating ice , it would have been a ...
Página 111
... looks upon us , and then dash off into the wildest games ever contem- plated by boys suddenly released from school , plung- ing head foremost into the waves ; the young and old together rearing themselves half out of the water in their ...
... looks upon us , and then dash off into the wildest games ever contem- plated by boys suddenly released from school , plung- ing head foremost into the waves ; the young and old together rearing themselves half out of the water in their ...
Página 118
... look- out for game , particular attention being bestowed on each long - point end , as the promontories of the streams of ice are called , for at these points the hunted seals are always likely to make a short stand on their ever onward ...
... look- out for game , particular attention being bestowed on each long - point end , as the promontories of the streams of ice are called , for at these points the hunted seals are always likely to make a short stand on their ever onward ...
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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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