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. official and national , which impede the pursuit of Arctic researches by Britons . Whilst we maintain that the Spitzbergen route is by far the easiest , we are by no means blind to the fact ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. official and national , which impede the pursuit of Arctic researches by Britons . Whilst we maintain that the Spitzbergen route is by far the easiest , we are by no means blind to the fact ...
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... pursuit of the seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on successful voyages always secures a crew , while the awful ...
... pursuit of the seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on successful voyages always secures a crew , while the awful ...
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... pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it needed but the addition of his ...
... pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it needed but the addition of his ...
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... pursuit and its reappearance again upon the surface , the body becomes much distended by the gases gene- rated during its rapid decomposition after death . The men , after risking their lives in the dangerous pursuit , are often ...
... pursuit and its reappearance again upon the surface , the body becomes much distended by the gases gene- rated during its rapid decomposition after death . The men , after risking their lives in the dangerous pursuit , are often ...
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... pursuit of the finner whale . The undertaking was a disastrous one , and the remains of the deserted factory now encumber the shores of one of the finest natural harbours of that coast . The harpooners are capital sailors , and a few ...
... pursuit of the finner whale . The undertaking was a disastrous one , and the remains of the deserted factory now encumber the shores of one of the finest natural harbours of that coast . The harpooners are capital sailors , and a few ...
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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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