The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 58
... sailors who are to accompany us , and of others , nautically inclined , who seem to take a lively interest in a journey they do not hesitate to speculate on freely , all day long stand loitering about the schooner . They seemed never to ...
... sailors who are to accompany us , and of others , nautically inclined , who seem to take a lively interest in a journey they do not hesitate to speculate on freely , all day long stand loitering about the schooner . They seemed never to ...
Página 66
... sailor produces a crafty - looking combination of hooks bound together with some shining white metal ; this he rigs up after a fashion adopted by the Norwegian fishermen , and he lets it down a considerable depth into the sea - with a ...
... sailor produces a crafty - looking combination of hooks bound together with some shining white metal ; this he rigs up after a fashion adopted by the Norwegian fishermen , and he lets it down a considerable depth into the sea - with a ...
Página 77
... 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 sober to get drunk again as long as ...
... 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 sober to get drunk again as long as ...
Página 79
... sailors who are armed with the sharp flencing tools . Often and often the men have to desist from their labour to drive away these frightful assailants , and so unwilling are they to forego the meal once tasted , that sometimes a shark ...
... sailors who are armed with the sharp flencing tools . Often and often the men have to desist from their labour to drive away these frightful assailants , and so unwilling are they to forego the meal once tasted , that sometimes a shark ...
Página 80
... sailors , and a few are fair sportsmen ; they contribute to the support of their families by making these trips with whalers , when they gain as wages sometimes from £ 10 to £ 15 a month ; they are usually naval reserve men , and at ...
... sailors , and a few are fair sportsmen ; they contribute to the support of their families by making these trips with whalers , when they gain as wages sometimes from £ 10 to £ 15 a month ; they are usually naval reserve men , and at ...
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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