The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... suggesting corrections which make confusion worse confounded , by reporting their views upon the actual position of the places they have visited , on their return home . OUR SCHOONER . 57 The main object 56 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... suggesting corrections which make confusion worse confounded , by reporting their views upon the actual position of the places they have visited , on their return home . OUR SCHOONER . 57 The main object 56 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... object of our voyage how- ever , the principal , and to our idea the most essential to modern science , was the following up of the obser- vations commenced by our friend in the preceding He had noticed in the course of some deep- year ...
... object of our voyage how- ever , the principal , and to our idea the most essential to modern science , was the following up of the obser- vations commenced by our friend in the preceding He had noticed in the course of some deep- year ...
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... object to which use has made him familiar , gives place to new phases of nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect - to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly ...
... object to which use has made him familiar , gives place to new phases of nature , wearing for him a totally different aspect - to distant regions he may be familiar with , no doubt , from the perusal of books whose pages depict vividly ...
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... objects of historic interest the place could boast of , and with this object in view set out after church Crossing the hills to regain to explore the ruins of Scalloway Castle , an old feudal stronghold of the Stewarts . A matter of ...
... objects of historic interest the place could boast of , and with this object in view set out after church Crossing the hills to regain to explore the ruins of Scalloway Castle , an old feudal stronghold of the Stewarts . A matter of ...
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... objects , we sat and listened to tales of witchcraft , the influences of the " evil eye , " and other abominations of the " good old times . " We endured also the depressing effects of stories of savagery committed by the feudal chiefs ...
... objects , we sat and listened to tales of witchcraft , the influences of the " evil eye , " and other abominations of the " good old times . " We endured also the depressing effects of stories of savagery committed by the feudal chiefs ...
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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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