The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 72
... once blessed with umbrageous woods . To Einar the people owed their comfortable fires during the long winter season ; in return , the grateful Shetlanders almost deified their benefactor , and to this day he is known as Torf Einar . We ...
... once blessed with umbrageous woods . To Einar the people owed their comfortable fires during the long winter season ; in return , the grateful Shetlanders almost deified their benefactor , and to this day he is known as Torf Einar . We ...
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... efforts , and the inflated carcass re- appears upon the surface of the sea once more , the air above is soon filled by thousands of screaming sea- FIN WHALES . 79 9 birds , attracted to the 78 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... efforts , and the inflated carcass re- appears upon the surface of the sea once more , the air above is soon filled by thousands of screaming sea- FIN WHALES . 79 9 birds , attracted to the 78 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Página 79
... once tasted , that sometimes a shark , more greedy than his cruel- eyed companions , will receive what would seem a mortal thrust , and after a momentary dive will appear again amongst his fellows struggling with and worrying at the ...
... once tasted , that sometimes a shark , more greedy than his cruel- eyed companions , will receive what would seem a mortal thrust , and after a momentary dive will appear again amongst his fellows struggling with and worrying at the ...
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... once more , cutting off all chance of escape . All through the long winter months that ensued they patiently waited for the help they expected from companions who might have found some way to their relief ; but in the April following ...
... once more , cutting off all chance of escape . All through the long winter months that ensued they patiently waited for the help they expected from companions who might have found some way to their relief ; but in the April following ...
Página 90
... once more set free , they learned that the man who might have saved them all this woe by one short hour's help , had informed every anxious inquirer that the Diana was secure from danger , and needed no assistance from without . Most of ...
... once more set free , they learned that the man who might have saved them all this woe by one short hour's help , had informed every anxious inquirer that the Diana was secure from danger , and needed no assistance from without . Most of ...
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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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