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On the west coast there is a tribe , commonly called the Arctic Highlanders ,
which occupies about 600 miles of sea coast . They are unable to advance
farther south or north , in consequence of two large glaciers entering the sea ,
which prove ...
On the west coast there is a tribe , commonly called the Arctic Highlanders ,
which occupies about 600 miles of sea coast . They are unable to advance
farther south or north , in consequence of two large glaciers entering the sea ,
which prove ...
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It is said that when the pious minister of the parish came to pay his respects to the
lord of the new mansion , he was called upon for a suitable text to affix to the
stone forming the frontispiece of the house , and without fear , “ remembering the
...
It is said that when the pious minister of the parish came to pay his respects to the
lord of the new mansion , he was called upon for a suitable text to affix to the
stone forming the frontispiece of the house , and without fear , “ remembering the
...
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The hotel is situated in one of these narrow ways , or “ entries ” as they are called
. While we were there , the whole village wore . a busy aspect , which may have
been unusual ; certainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the ...
The hotel is situated in one of these narrow ways , or “ entries ” as they are called
. While we were there , the whole village wore . a busy aspect , which may have
been unusual ; certainly the cause was not far to seek , for two hundred of the ...
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Getting down again we struck across a kind of lagoon , rough with frozen snow ,
called by arctic travellers “ bay ice ; ” for three miles our way lay across this flat ,
which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore .
Getting down again we struck across a kind of lagoon , rough with frozen snow ,
called by arctic travellers “ bay ice ; ” for three miles our way lay across this flat ,
which lies at the base of the mountains , and is fringed by the sea - shore .
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... its surface are called by the Arctic voyagers . These are treacherous places to
venture upon , as the action of the air and the wasting influence of the salt , OC re
ASPECT OF THE ICY SEA . 101 sea , are 1004 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... its surface are called by the Arctic voyagers . These are treacherous places to
venture upon , as the action of the air and the wasting influence of the salt , OC re
ASPECT OF THE ICY SEA . 101 sea , are 1004 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 6 Oct. 2008 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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