The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in ...
... evidently in full enjoyment of their temporary rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in ...
Página 117
... evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre perhaps each feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide of ...
... evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre perhaps each feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide of ...
Página 121
... evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre — perhaps each feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide ...
... evidently they had dived to avoid the threatened danger , and were now on the surface to reconnoitre — perhaps each feared for the safety of the other . There was no time to lose , therefore , and a bullet was lodged in the tough hide ...
Página 133
... evidently closes around us , and we make desperate efforts to escape from being caught in the ice . Already we have struck several pieces and received some severe thumps , even a bit of our false keel , being broken off , came up to ...
... evidently closes around us , and we make desperate efforts to escape from being caught in the ice . Already we have struck several pieces and received some severe thumps , even a bit of our false keel , being broken off , came up to ...
Página 136
... evidently being to assure us that there is no deception this time . The narwhal is the most difficult of Arctic game to deal with ; he never remains at rest for any great length of time , and is generally seen at the surface of the ...
... evidently being to assure us that there is no deception this time . The narwhal is the most difficult of Arctic game to deal with ; he never remains at rest for any great length of time , and is generally seen at the surface of the ...
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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