The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. specting them from Eddie , who noticed us gazing with ill - concealed admiration at the monsters as they neared our schooner . Your " finner " is longer look- ing , more lithe , and a faster ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. specting them from Eddie , who noticed us gazing with ill - concealed admiration at the monsters as they neared our schooner . Your " finner " is longer look- ing , more lithe , and a faster ...
Página 93
... noticed several patches of rich vegetation , and we gathered specimens of the botanical productions , such as they were . One plant we found growing in great abundance , we regarded as a species of saxifrage or arenaria . We had some ...
... noticed several patches of rich vegetation , and we gathered specimens of the botanical productions , such as they were . One plant we found growing in great abundance , we regarded as a species of saxifrage or arenaria . We had some ...
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... noticed for the first time , although we had read of it in Arctic records , was the curious effect of the ice upon the wind , even though a gale may be blowing . At a short distance from the outside edge the force of the wind is stayed ...
... noticed for the first time , although we had read of it in Arctic records , was the curious effect of the ice upon the wind , even though a gale may be blowing . At a short distance from the outside edge the force of the wind is stayed ...
Página 106
... noticed that the blows were delivered upon the angles and corners of the ice rather than upon the surface directly . Should the vessel strike against ice aground , of course the shock is as great as if a rock was ahead . We got through ...
... noticed that the blows were delivered upon the angles and corners of the ice rather than upon the surface directly . Should the vessel strike against ice aground , of course the shock is as great as if a rock was ahead . We got through ...
Página 107
... noticed from the deck floating at some little distance , and we stealthily go in pursuit of the pussy ( the seamen's name for a seal ) ; we kneel down in the bows , while a sailor in the stern sculls warily towards her , stopping ...
... noticed from the deck floating at some little distance , and we stealthily go in pursuit of the pussy ( the seamen's name for a seal ) ; we kneel down in the bows , while a sailor in the stern sculls warily towards her , stopping ...
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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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