The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in earnest— the fog is too heavy to enable us to ...
... rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in earnest— the fog is too heavy to enable us to ...
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... rests moored to the piece we had fastened it to at a considerable distance off , and quite indistinguish- able in the heavy fog . What is to be done ? The sailors , according to their invariable custom , begin to recall precedents which ...
... rests moored to the piece we had fastened it to at a considerable distance off , and quite indistinguish- able in the heavy fog . What is to be done ? The sailors , according to their invariable custom , begin to recall precedents which ...
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... the seals we had killed . Eight hours of seal - hunting is fatiguing work for the keenest sportsman , and although we return to our ship in broad daylight , we turn in for a few hours ' rest with the same feeling of want of repose as I 2.
... the seals we had killed . Eight hours of seal - hunting is fatiguing work for the keenest sportsman , and although we return to our ship in broad daylight , we turn in for a few hours ' rest with the same feeling of want of repose as I 2.
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. rest with the same feeling of want of repose as though night and proper roosting - time had arrived . After four hours of retirement , although unaccom- panied with sleep , we find ourselves ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. rest with the same feeling of want of repose as though night and proper roosting - time had arrived . After four hours of retirement , although unaccom- panied with sleep , we find ourselves ...
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... rest in some remote northern latitude there can be little doubt , as they are found in the early season far south on the breeding grounds , where very young seals are found on the first coming of the fishermen , and at that season the ...
... rest in some remote northern latitude there can be little doubt , as they are found in the early season far south on the breeding grounds , where very young seals are found on the first coming of the fishermen , and at that season the ...
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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