The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... mean cold , and its course appears to be along the zone of lowest mean tempe- rature . Auroras are believed to be essentially the results of magnetic disturbance , and originate , or at any rate are most abundant and energetic along a ...
... mean cold , and its course appears to be along the zone of lowest mean tempe- rature . Auroras are believed to be essentially the results of magnetic disturbance , and originate , or at any rate are most abundant and energetic along a ...
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... mean temperature . This has the effect of throwing the zone of greatest cold towards the south , especially where the lands advance far north . Observations upon the thickness of ice found each winter or each year at several localities ...
... mean temperature . This has the effect of throwing the zone of greatest cold towards the south , especially where the lands advance far north . Observations upon the thickness of ice found each winter or each year at several localities ...
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... means to increase wealth , or to promote the welfare of nations ? Let us hope there are few such men . Let us also hope there are many who will lend a hand to removing the obstructions , E official and national , which impede the ...
... means to increase wealth , or to promote the welfare of nations ? Let us hope there are few such men . Let us also hope there are many who will lend a hand to removing the obstructions , E official and national , which impede the ...
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... means blind to the fact that there are several routes to the Pole , and something may be said in favour of each , and there is no reason why exploration should not be conducted along all . Next to investigating the lands which have ...
... means blind to the fact that there are several routes to the Pole , and something may be said in favour of each , and there is no reason why exploration should not be conducted along all . Next to investigating the lands which have ...
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... mean the savage and greedy sharks , who have long since commenced the banquet while the whale was still submerged " full fathom five . " These horrid monsters of the sea make sad havoc with their cruel fangs as they dig into the flesh ...
... mean the savage and greedy sharks , who have long since commenced the banquet while the whale was still submerged " full fathom five . " These horrid monsters of the sea make sad havoc with their cruel fangs as they dig into the flesh ...
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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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