The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... drift - wood . He sailed along the east and south shores of this land , which were free from ice ; there was ice at the north end . In this year also the second cruise of the Sampson schooner yacht took place to the Spitz- bergen Seas ...
... drift - wood . He sailed along the east and south shores of this land , which were free from ice ; there was ice at the north end . In this year also the second cruise of the Sampson schooner yacht took place to the Spitz- bergen Seas ...
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... drift - wood , and even trunks of trees , which in many cases appear to have come from the north . A list of the species thus occurring would throw light upon the probable localities where they grew . Again , streams or outflows of warm ...
... drift - wood , and even trunks of trees , which in many cases appear to have come from the north . A list of the species thus occurring would throw light upon the probable localities where they grew . Again , streams or outflows of warm ...
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... drifting southward . These masses accumu- late most where there is most land , and by their melting they transfer the cold of higher latitudes to these more southern lands , and thus reduce their mean temperature . This has the effect ...
... drifting southward . These masses accumu- late most where there is most land , and by their melting they transfer the cold of higher latitudes to these more southern lands , and thus reduce their mean temperature . This has the effect ...
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... drifting rather than sailing as far south as the Shetlands , some fishermen at length fell in with her in the month of May . These worthy fellows , struck by the miserable appearance of the unfortunate Diana , ventured on board , and ...
... drifting rather than sailing as far south as the Shetlands , some fishermen at length fell in with her in the month of May . These worthy fellows , struck by the miserable appearance of the unfortunate Diana , ventured on board , and ...
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... drift nets , that had evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale - boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ; fragments of wrecks of ships that once fought bravely against the ice , but , beaten at ...
... drift nets , that had evidently drifted from Iceland ; bits of whale - boats , reduced to matchwood by the frightful action of the boisterous seas ; fragments of wrecks of ships that once fought bravely against the ice , but , beaten at ...
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12 Paternoster Row 65 Cornhill amongst animals Arctic circle Author Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast crew Crown 8vo curious danger deer Demy 8vo difficulty direction distance drift east Edition expedition explored fathoms fiord floating floe flora gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hope Humboldt Glacier hummock Iceland Illustrated INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey Lancaster Sound land latitude London look masses miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla observed once open water ourselves Parry party Polar Pole present Price published by Henry pursuit reached region reindeer rocks round sailed sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner scientific seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledge Smith Sound snow southward Spitzbergen sport Strait surface temperature thick tion vessel vols Waigatz walrus WALTER BAGEHOT warm weather whale Willem Barentsz wind winter