The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... shot seems to add speed to the flight of another beast close by , and as he in mad haste tries to reach the water , he receives three bullets in his tough hide , all to no effect . The seal , unless struck in some vital place - the head ...
... shot seems to add speed to the flight of another beast close by , and as he in mad haste tries to reach the water , he receives three bullets in his tough hide , all to no effect . The seal , unless struck in some vital place - the head ...
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... on to the ice , we flenced him , and soon had the hide on board our boat - the skin spread like a mat beneath our feet . We turned towards • SEAL BATTUE . 123 another tempting shot , and 122 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... on to the ice , we flenced him , and soon had the hide on board our boat - the skin spread like a mat beneath our feet . We turned towards • SEAL BATTUE . 123 another tempting shot , and 122 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. • SEAL BATTUE . 123 another tempting shot , and not to weary our reader with recitals ... shot , when one of the seals , more nervous than the rest , upon begins to waddle towards the edge . He has.
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. • SEAL BATTUE . 123 another tempting shot , and not to weary our reader with recitals ... shot , when one of the seals , more nervous than the rest , upon begins to waddle towards the edge . He has.
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... shot ; but , as often happens in such circumstances , we are not ready either with gun or harpoon , and as he has seen his danger , he has dived out of reach , and we are forced to return on board without a capture . The hole we are in ...
... shot ; but , as often happens in such circumstances , we are not ready either with gun or harpoon , and as he has seen his danger , he has dived out of reach , and we are forced to return on board without a capture . The hole we are in ...
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... Brown as akin to the Arctic Black Hole of Calcutta , in the eagerness of the animals to keep at the place . Hundreds of Eskimo and Danes resorted thither with their dogs and sledges , and while one shot the animal , another harpooned it.
... Brown as akin to the Arctic Black Hole of Calcutta , in the eagerness of the animals to keep at the place . Hundreds of Eskimo and Danes resorted thither with their dogs and sledges , and while one shot the animal , another harpooned it.
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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