The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on successful voyages always secures a crew , while the awful experiences of those who have ...
... season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on successful voyages always secures a crew , while the awful experiences of those who have ...
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... season ; in return , the grateful Shetlanders almost deified their benefactor , and to this day he is known as Torf Einar . We heard , too , of the long suffering , patient endurance of the martyr St. Magnus , of the thirteenth century ...
... season ; in return , the grateful Shetlanders almost deified their benefactor , and to this day he is known as Torf Einar . We heard , too , of the long suffering , patient endurance of the martyr St. Magnus , of the thirteenth century ...
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... season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the herring ...
... season , and a few rifle shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the herring ...
Página 92
... " was found at certain seasons along the rocky coast , and at these stations they " tried " down the oil by suitable boiling apparatus erected near WANDERINGS ON SHORE . 93 the sea . The bay 66 92 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... " was found at certain seasons along the rocky coast , and at these stations they " tried " down the oil by suitable boiling apparatus erected near WANDERINGS ON SHORE . 93 the sea . The bay 66 92 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... season far south on the breeding grounds , where very young seals are found on the first coming of the fishermen , and at that season the gravid seals and their young of the year fall an easy prey to the seal- fishers whenever they are ...
... season far south on the breeding grounds , where very young seals are found on the first coming of the fishermen , and at that season the gravid seals and their young of the year fall an easy prey to the seal- fishers whenever they are ...
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