The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... means of ascertaining the true figure of the earth . In August , 1868 , the sea off North Cape was almost entirely free from ice . The highest lati- tude reached in the ship was 81 ° 42 ′ N. in 17 ° 30 ′ E. , which is higher than ...
... means of ascertaining the true figure of the earth . In August , 1868 , the sea off North Cape was almost entirely free from ice . The highest lati- tude reached in the ship was 81 ° 42 ′ N. in 17 ° 30 ′ E. , which is higher than ...
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... means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's Land . The south end of the ...
... means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's Land . The south end of the ...
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... mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be . During the winter the continuousness of the night would equally favour a very low temperature , so that probably the range of ...
... mean tem- perature of the air in July and August is much higher than it is generally thought to be . During the winter the continuousness of the night would equally favour a very low temperature , so that probably the range of ...
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... mean temperature of the Southern hemisphere is lower than that of the North ; and it is a matter of obser- vation that the Antarctic Pole is more extensively ice - clad than the Arctic . This may be in part con- jecturally explained by ...
... mean temperature of the Southern hemisphere is lower than that of the North ; and it is a matter of obser- vation that the Antarctic Pole is more extensively ice - clad than the Arctic . This may be in part con- jecturally explained by ...
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... 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 sun is now ...
... 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 sun is now ...
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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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