The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... rocks , and by its aid these four sailors only escaped ; the ship went down in deep water and all hands were lost . The casks of costly wine floated out of the wreck , and for twenty days the people along - shore got drunk and grew ...
... rocks , and by its aid these four sailors only escaped ; the ship went down in deep water and all hands were lost . The casks of costly wine floated out of the wreck , and for twenty days the people along - shore got drunk and grew ...
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... the land we cannot see . Has not Providence placed these winged mes- sengers of warning to protect the heedless sailor from rushing on a dismal fate ? This rock - bound rugged coast lies directly in the ship's course , and as. SEA-BIRD.
... the land we cannot see . Has not Providence placed these winged mes- sengers of warning to protect the heedless sailor from rushing on a dismal fate ? This rock - bound rugged coast lies directly in the ship's course , and as. SEA-BIRD.
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... rocks stand out from the land so exactly resembling swift - sailing ships , that even a reference to the chart , where the fact is duly recorded , hardly convinces us of their unreality . On they seem to come with all sail set , and ...
... rocks stand out from the land so exactly resembling swift - sailing ships , that even a reference to the chart , where the fact is duly recorded , hardly convinces us of their unreality . On they seem to come with all sail set , and ...
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... rock shot up into the air about 1,200 feet above us ; its otherwise bleak and wall - like face was cut up by stratification into a series of narrow ledges inacces- sible to all save the winged denizens of the air , who here found a ...
... rock shot up into the air about 1,200 feet above us ; its otherwise bleak and wall - like face was cut up by stratification into a series of narrow ledges inacces- sible to all save the winged denizens of the air , who here found a ...
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... on the opposite coast , and the craters coming within our range , we at once turned our steps in their direction . The place has greatly changed since Scoresby described it . H For instance , the remarkable rock known by the name.
... on the opposite coast , and the craters coming within our range , we at once turned our steps in their direction . The place has greatly changed since Scoresby described it . H For instance , the remarkable rock known by the name.
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