The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 105
... sight , owing to the foggy state of the atmosphere ; presently a second boat's crew ventures away , and we observe a signal from the deck intended for us , which indicates some- thing is in store — a seal has been noticed from the deck ...
... sight , owing to the foggy state of the atmosphere ; presently a second boat's crew ventures away , and we observe a signal from the deck intended for us , which indicates some- thing is in store — a seal has been noticed from the deck ...
Página 111
... sight in the same im- perceptible fashion , without warning of any kind . Slowly and gradually they sink , in the most tiresome and tantalising manner , while you are trying to fix the sights of your rifle in the very unsteady boat ...
... sight in the same im- perceptible fashion , without warning of any kind . Slowly and gradually they sink , in the most tiresome and tantalising manner , while you are trying to fix the sights of your rifle in the very unsteady boat ...
Página 112
... sight of a seal between us and another boat , at some little distance from us . He was about to fire at the seal , and in the direction of the boat , when the bullet might have passed between two of the crew on board ; we were just in ...
... sight of a seal between us and another boat , at some little distance from us . He was about to fire at the seal , and in the direction of the boat , when the bullet might have passed between two of the crew on board ; we were just in ...
Página 113
... . This operation , owing to the temperature of the air in these high latitudes , is a most sickening sight to con- template , as the quivering flesh seems still to be I endued with life for some minutes after death ; and.
... . This operation , owing to the temperature of the air in these high latitudes , is a most sickening sight to con- template , as the quivering flesh seems still to be I endued with life for some minutes after death ; and.
Página 114
... to try and reach them by means of a raft , when they disappeared in the fog , lost to sight though not to memory , and they all perished ! " Matters every A LONG JUMP . 115 moment grow worse , so 114 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... to try and reach them by means of a raft , when they disappeared in the fog , lost to sight though not to memory , and they all perished ! " Matters every A LONG JUMP . 115 moment grow worse , so 114 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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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