The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 112
... sport they have had . For old hands the result was poor : one crew had bagged three , the other seven seals . Leaving the boat and landing on the ice at a point close by , we cautiously advance , creeping over the COLLECTING SEAL OIL ...
... sport they have had . For old hands the result was poor : one crew had bagged three , the other seven seals . Leaving the boat and landing on the ice at a point close by , we cautiously advance , creeping over the COLLECTING SEAL OIL ...
Página 120
... sport with the seal , that we are all impatience to be gone in their pursnit , but the har- pooneers , grown cautious by long experience , are strangely averse to any such proceedings in the present condition of the atmosphere . They ...
... sport with the seal , that we are all impatience to be gone in their pursnit , but the har- pooneers , grown cautious by long experience , are strangely averse to any such proceedings in the present condition of the atmosphere . They ...
Página 121
... sport . Hardly had we time to load , when they appeared again close by the boat ; disturbed in their nap by our sudden onslaught , evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre ...
... sport . Hardly had we time to load , when they appeared again close by the boat ; disturbed in their nap by our sudden onslaught , evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre ...
Página 123
... sport amongst a little colony as we go sailing steadily along . We saw in the distance one little party far in on the ice , a habit the bladder - nose seal indulges in , perhaps relying on his greater size and the security he feels in ...
... sport amongst a little colony as we go sailing steadily along . We saw in the distance one little party far in on the ice , a habit the bladder - nose seal indulges in , perhaps relying on his greater size and the security he feels in ...
Página 126
... sport whenever they find any indication of the pre- sence of seal hunters , who , though lacking some of the advantages of the steamer , have far greater oppor- tunities of sport , being less noisy and demonstrative than they ...
... sport whenever they find any indication of the pre- sence of seal hunters , who , though lacking some of the advantages of the steamer , have far greater oppor- tunities of sport , being less noisy and demonstrative than they ...
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