The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... attempted to sail straight across the Polar Sea . He struck the east coast of Greenland , in 67 ° 30 ′ N. , and after proceeding north for seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. ...
... attempted to sail straight across the Polar Sea . He struck the east coast of Greenland , in 67 ° 30 ′ N. , and after proceeding north for seven or eight leagues he saw a headland , which he named Young's Cape . He continued on a N.N.E. ...
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... attempted to reach the Pole , but was stopped by ice at 80 ° 28 ′ N. Cap- tains Phipps and Lutwidge , with Horatio Nelson among their crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the ...
... attempted to reach the Pole , but was stopped by ice at 80 ° 28 ′ N. Cap- tains Phipps and Lutwidge , with Horatio Nelson among their crew , renewed the attempt in 1773. Ice only was visible from the summit of a mountain on one of the ...
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... attempted in boats which were specially adapted to act also as sledges . The northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and ...
... attempted in boats which were specially adapted to act also as sledges . The northern boundary of floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and ...
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... attempted to follow up these discoveries by proceeding through Stor Fiord . The way was blocked , and so they tried to get to the east of the Spitzbergen Islands . Hope Island was found to be free from ice on August 19. On August 28 ...
... attempted to follow up these discoveries by proceeding through Stor Fiord . The way was blocked , and so they tried to get to the east of the Spitzbergen Islands . Hope Island was found to be free from ice on August 19. On August 28 ...
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... attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's ...
... attempt to reach the Pole by means of reindeer and sledges . In the summer of 1872 Captain Altmann found the sea east of Spitz- bergen free from ice , and saw eight islands occupying the position assigned by Petermann to King Charles's ...
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