The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 73
... party now numbered seventeen people , and , judg- ing from appearances , we were likely enough to have a pleasant time of it in the north , where there would be plenty of sport ; if the formidable array of whaling and sealing weapons ...
... party now numbered seventeen people , and , judg- ing from appearances , we were likely enough to have a pleasant time of it in the north , where there would be plenty of sport ; if the formidable array of whaling and sealing weapons ...
Página 111
... party are seen to approach the ice , and after some preliminary investigations , they proceed to land . In a ' few minutes they are evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered ...
... party are seen to approach the ice , and after some preliminary investigations , they proceed to land . In a ' few minutes they are evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered ...
Página 111
... party are seen to approach the ice , and after some preliminary investigations , they proceed to land . In a few minutes they are evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered ...
... party are seen to approach the ice , and after some preliminary investigations , they proceed to land . In a few minutes they are evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered ...
Página 115
... party , no matter how small , seems to appoint one of their number as a watcher , whose nervous trepidation in his position of responsibility always communicates itself to his companions , and the possibility of ap- proaching near ...
... party , no matter how small , seems to appoint one of their number as a watcher , whose nervous trepidation in his position of responsibility always communicates itself to his companions , and the possibility of ap- proaching near ...
Página 116
... parties , leave the ship with a new plan which we hope may succeed ; our object on this occasion being , if possible , after having spread ourselves some distance apart , to close in from all sides , and so surround the seals at some ...
... parties , leave the ship with a new plan which we hope may succeed ; our object on this occasion being , if possible , after having spread ourselves some distance apart , to close in from all sides , and so surround the seals at some ...
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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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