The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 57
... round the bluff of her bows to about twelve feet aft , evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking ...
... round the bluff of her bows to about twelve feet aft , evidently to protect her in encounters with the ice , her false gripe , to give her plenty of fore - reach , convinced us that the work cut out for her was no child's play . Looking ...
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... round Spitzbergen . The schooner and such attractions as Hull has to offer to a stranger so distracted our attention we hardly noticed the time slipping by . The 11th of May came at last , with a cold northerly wind and heavy rain ...
... round Spitzbergen . The schooner and such attractions as Hull has to offer to a stranger so distracted our attention we hardly noticed the time slipping by . The 11th of May came at last , with a cold northerly wind and heavy rain ...
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... round to the north , and as there was but little use in contending with a high sea , with opposing wind and tide , and weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable ...
... round to the north , and as there was but little use in contending with a high sea , with opposing wind and tide , and weather bitterly cold and wet , we concluded that a visit to Edinburgh for a day or two would make an agreeable ...
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... round her peat fire , and enjoy what humble fare she had to offer , we inspected such details of the medieval Celtic architecture as remained ; we saw the solid arches on which the upper stories of the building rested ; and while we ...
... round her peat fire , and enjoy what humble fare she had to offer , we inspected such details of the medieval Celtic architecture as remained ; we saw the solid arches on which the upper stories of the building rested ; and while we ...
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... round to wish them God speed on their setting out for better fortunes in the New World . When the hour for parting came the men did not show unwillingness to leave , but the new accessions to our crew had little time to get their things ...
... round to wish them God speed on their setting out for better fortunes in the New World . When the hour for parting came the men did not show unwillingness to leave , but the new accessions to our crew had little time to get their things ...
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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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