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 year . He had noticed in the course of some deep ...
... 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 year . He had noticed in the course of some deep ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... objects of historic interest the place could boast of , and with this object in view set out after church to explore the ruins of Scalloway Castle , an old feudal stronghold of the Stewarts . A matter of seven miles seemed to us of no ...
... objects of historic interest the place could boast of , and with this object in view set out after church to explore the ruins of Scalloway Castle , an old feudal stronghold of the Stewarts . A matter of seven miles seemed to us of no ...
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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 seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter