The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... wind if seen further north ; but here , so far south , it surely indicates that the pack ice is well south . The 25th of May finds us to the southward of the Shetlands , and we hope to make the south en- trance of Lerwick Harbour before ...
... wind if seen further north ; but here , so far south , it surely indicates that the pack ice is well south . The 25th of May finds us to the southward of the Shetlands , and we hope to make the south en- trance of Lerwick Harbour before ...
Página 76
... wind would , in spite of all our efforts , have driven us upon a lee - shore , that we began to breathe in security . One of the Shetlanders , who hailed from some place close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ...
... wind would , in spite of all our efforts , have driven us upon a lee - shore , that we began to breathe in security . One of the Shetlanders , who hailed from some place close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ...
Página 77
... wind . Some of the seamen that were " floored " by sea sickness on first meeting with the rough water now shook off its effects , and as they slowly recovered they began to enjoy the rallying they had to endure from their more fortunate ...
... wind . Some of the seamen that were " floored " by sea sickness on first meeting with the rough water now shook off its effects , and as they slowly recovered they began to enjoy the rallying they had to endure from their more fortunate ...
Página 85
... wind continuing , we are borne with great speed towards the north . All day long another kind of whale swims in our company . This time it is the bottle - nose ( Delphinus deductor ) . Five of these fellows play around the bows ; diving ...
... wind continuing , we are borne with great speed towards the north . All day long another kind of whale swims in our company . This time it is the bottle - nose ( Delphinus deductor ) . Five of these fellows play around the bows ; diving ...
Página 96
... stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind . The wind had not shifted during our short stay , EXTINCT CRATERS . 97 45 and there was therefore no 96 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... stores provided for the trip we had just made , were intended for an emergency of the kind . The wind had not shifted during our short stay , EXTINCT CRATERS . 97 45 and there was therefore no 96 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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