The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 59
... sealing expedition to the west ice , between Jan Mayen's Island and Greenland , where he had been fortunate enough to ... seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting ...
... sealing expedition to the west ice , between Jan Mayen's Island and Greenland , where he had been fortunate enough to ... seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting ...
Página 73
... sealing weapons , as well as the well appointed armoury , could be any guarantee for our success . We have much serious work to occupy us as well ; the many costly scientific instruments plainly indicate this fact , as they are being ...
... sealing weapons , as well as the well appointed armoury , could be any guarantee for our success . We have much serious work to occupy us as well ; the many costly scientific instruments plainly indicate this fact , as they are being ...
Página 88
... seals and walrus . There are besides lances of most formidable propor- tions , mounted upon long shafts , to strike at the wounded whale when he returns to the surface after his dive of some forty minutes ' duration . These weapons rest ...
... seals and walrus . There are besides lances of most formidable propor- tions , mounted upon long shafts , to strike at the wounded whale when he returns to the surface after his dive of some forty minutes ' duration . These weapons rest ...
Página 106
... seal ; in the mean time , we amused ourselves by making short excursions from the schooner in quest of loom SEAL SHOOTING . 107 ( Uria grylle ) , and 106 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... seal ; in the mean time , we amused ourselves by making short excursions from the schooner in quest of loom SEAL SHOOTING . 107 ( Uria grylle ) , and 106 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
Página 107
... seal has been noticed from the deck floating at some little distance , and we stealthily go in pursuit of the pussy ( the seamen's name for a seal ) ; we kneel down in the bows , while a sailor in the stern sculls warily towards her ...
... seal has been noticed from the deck floating at some little distance , and we stealthily go in pursuit of the pussy ( the seamen's name for a seal ) ; we kneel down in the bows , while a sailor in the stern sculls warily towards her ...
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