The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... suggesting corrections which make confusion worse confounded , by reporting their views upon the actual position of the places they have visited , on their return home . OUR SCHOONER . 57 The main object 56 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... suggesting corrections which make confusion worse confounded , by reporting their views upon the actual position of the places they have visited , on their return home . OUR SCHOONER . 57 The main object 56 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... schooner : rigged with the usual foresail , topsail , and top - gallant sail , three jibs , fore - trysail and mainsail , she differed at first sight in no way from an ordinary pleasure yacht ; but a second glance at her heavy spars ...
... schooner : rigged with the usual foresail , topsail , and top - gallant sail , three jibs , fore - trysail and mainsail , she differed at first sight in no way from an ordinary pleasure yacht ; but a second glance at her heavy spars ...
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... schooner . They seemed never to grow weary in watching our operations , and we marvelled that so many hands could be spared in so busy a place , where there should be occupation for everybody ; but a kind of fascination held them to the ...
... schooner . They seemed never to grow weary in watching our operations , and we marvelled that so many hands could be spared in so busy a place , where there should be occupation for everybody ; but a kind of fascination held them to the ...
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... 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 , arguments which left no ...
... 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 , arguments which left no ...
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... our gallant friend , and our attention being drawn off from the receding tug - boat , we began to notice the fact that our schooner was already battling bravely with a high and heavy sea , the result of the recent gales . " Dinner , sir ! "
... our gallant friend , and our attention being drawn off from the receding tug - boat , we began to notice the fact that our schooner was already battling bravely with a high and heavy sea , the result of the recent gales . " Dinner , sir ! "
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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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