The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... 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 ...
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... 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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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