The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... 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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12 Paternoster Row 65 Cornhill amongst animals Arctic circle Author Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer Demy 8vo difficulty direction distance drift east Edition expedition explored fathoms fiord floating floe flora gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock Iceland Illustrated INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Lancaster Sound land latitude London look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla observed once open water ourselves Parry party Polar Pole present Price published by Henry pursuit reached region reindeer rocks round sailed sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner scientific seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledge Smith Sound snow southward Spitzbergen sport Strait surface temperature thick tion vessel vols Waigatz walrus WALTER BAGEHOT warm weather whale Willem Barentsz wind winter