The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 11-15 de 37
Página 90
... vessel safely into harbour , devoted themselves to the task of restoring the poor fellows to health and to their friends ; and we now had two of these Diana men on board with us , who , SEA BIRDS . 91 but for certain indelible marks ...
... vessel safely into harbour , devoted themselves to the task of restoring the poor fellows to health and to their friends ; and we now had two of these Diana men on board with us , who , SEA BIRDS . 91 but for certain indelible marks ...
Página 96
... vessel of good size , is now joined to the mountainous shore , and presents an outer sur- face of about twenty - five feet above the level of high water mark . We ascended one of the lofty ridges of Beerenberg , whose summit at that ...
... vessel of good size , is now joined to the mountainous shore , and presents an outer sur- face of about twenty - five feet above the level of high water mark . We ascended one of the lofty ridges of Beerenberg , whose summit at that ...
Página 104
... vessel strike against ice aground , of course the shock is as great as if a rock was ahead . We got through the first long neck of ice into clear water , only to commence another attack . By this time we are grown well acquainted with ...
... vessel strike against ice aground , of course the shock is as great as if a rock was ahead . We got through the first long neck of ice into clear water , only to commence another attack . By this time we are grown well acquainted with ...
Página 119
... on deck , guided by his directions , struggles through the streams run- ning south , the good little vessel behaving admirably as we make our way towards the east . Our object is to round the point end of the ice , and so.
... on deck , guided by his directions , struggles through the streams run- ning south , the good little vessel behaving admirably as we make our way towards the east . Our object is to round the point end of the ice , and so.
Página 120
... vessel , and so got safe out of a danger which otherwise might have terminated fatally . Two boats ' crews belonging to a captain who still sails in these seas were left to such a horrible fate as falls to the lot of those left behind ...
... vessel , and so got safe out of a danger which otherwise might have terminated fatally . Two boats ' crews belonging to a captain who still sails in these seas were left to such a horrible fate as falls to the lot of those left behind ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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