The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... weather was unpropitious , we determined to see the few objects of historic interest the place could boast of , and with this object in view set out after church Crossing the hills to regain to explore the ruins of Scalloway Castle , an ...
... weather was unpropitious , we determined to see the few objects of historic interest the place could boast of , and with this object in view set out after church Crossing the hills to regain to explore the ruins of Scalloway Castle , an ...
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... weather , and suddenly struck these high cliffs ; all on board were lost , except two men who happened to be aloft in the rigging , and who stepped on to the rocks as the vessel went down -reminding us of the story we had heard of the ...
... weather , and suddenly struck these high cliffs ; all on board were lost , except two men who happened to be aloft in the rigging , and who stepped on to the rocks as the vessel went down -reminding us of the story we had heard of the ...
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... weather , or in hiring gangs of men to clear ships by contract . Such men have the greatest contempt for the Navy- " Why , sir , I can earn as much money as a brass - buttoned lieutenant gets any day , and as for being ordered about by ...
... weather , or in hiring gangs of men to clear ships by contract . Such men have the greatest contempt for the Navy- " Why , sir , I can earn as much money as a brass - buttoned lieutenant gets any day , and as for being ordered about by ...
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... weather - beaten men told how five winters ago the Diana , a steam bark , of Hull , was beset in the ice in Davis ' Straits , and how the captain of another vessel agreed with them to stand by each other in every difficulty that might ...
... weather - beaten men told how five winters ago the Diana , a steam bark , of Hull , was beset in the ice in Davis ' Straits , and how the captain of another vessel agreed with them to stand by each other in every difficulty that might ...
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... weather - beaten rocks on either hand ; it is not a place for anchorage ; we sound and verify our opinion , and beat up without further delay . Broken water extends a long way out from the land , but we see no ice in the offing . As we ...
... weather - beaten rocks on either hand ; it is not a place for anchorage ; we sound and verify our opinion , and beat up without further delay . Broken water extends a long way out from the land , but we see no ice in the offing . As we ...
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amongst animals Arctic circle Arctic seas Barentsz bear Beerenberg boat Cape Captain coast cold crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora force gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Kennedy Channel Lancaster Sound land latitude look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal North Somerset northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack Parry party Polar Pole present pursuit reached regions reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport steamer Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel voyage Waigatz walrus warm water weather whale wind winter
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