The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... whole fleet is again in motion , all being evidently as anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the sails are once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay a little closer to the wind ...
... whole fleet is again in motion , all being evidently as anxious as we are to get away , and the scene is a stirring one as the sails are once more shaken out to the morning breeze . The fishing smacks lay a little closer to the wind ...
Página 73
... whole village wore a busy aspect , which may have been unusual ; cer- tainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations they were forced to endure during ...
... whole village wore a busy aspect , which may have been unusual ; cer- tainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the inhabitants , grown weary , perhaps , of the con- tinual privations they were forced to endure during ...
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... whole days in anxiously looking out for our arrival , that he hoped we would employ him as pilot ; and , after three hours ' persistently appealing for the berth , he obtained his object ; but , the moment he gained this advantage , he ...
... whole days in anxiously looking out for our arrival , that he hoped we would employ him as pilot ; and , after three hours ' persistently appealing for the berth , he obtained his object ; but , the moment he gained this advantage , he ...
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... whole weight of the body . The blubber of Balana mysticetus is abouť one half of all the weight . The finner is leaden- coloured in some lights ; but seen directly below the spectator , its body is black , with the chest and throat ...
... whole weight of the body . The blubber of Balana mysticetus is abouť one half of all the weight . The finner is leaden- coloured in some lights ; but seen directly below the spectator , its body is black , with the chest and throat ...
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... whole air is alive with white - winged armies , and the high cliffs are tenanted with another host at rest . It is a place of marvels ; -as if to mock the wondering crew , two rocks stand out from the land so exactly resembling swift ...
... whole air is alive with white - winged armies , and the high cliffs are tenanted with another host at rest . It is a place of marvels ; -as if to mock the wondering crew , two rocks stand out from the land so exactly resembling swift ...
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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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