The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... pursuit of the seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on successful voyages always secures a crew , while the awful ...
... pursuit of the seal at this early season ( in March ) is , therefore , an enterprise not unattended with danger -but the tempting wages paid to needy and adven- turous seamen on successful voyages always secures a crew , while the awful ...
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... pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it needed but the addition of his ...
... pursuit of game , and told us that once he himself had incautiously stepped on to a huge mass , with the intention of shooting an Arctic bear , when the great berg , so finely balanced in the sea that it needed but the addition of his ...
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... pursuit and its reappearance again upon the surface , the body becomes much distended by the gases gene- rated during its rapid decomposition after death . The men , after risking their lives in the dangerous pursuit , are often ...
... pursuit and its reappearance again upon the surface , the body becomes much distended by the gases gene- rated during its rapid decomposition after death . The men , after risking their lives in the dangerous pursuit , are often ...
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... pursuit of the finner whale . The undertaking was a disastrous one , and the remains of the deserted factory now encumber the shores of one of the finest natural harbours of that coast . The harpooners are capital sailors , and a few ...
... pursuit of the finner whale . The undertaking was a disastrous one , and the remains of the deserted factory now encumber the shores of one of the finest natural harbours of that coast . The harpooners are capital sailors , and a few ...
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... pursuit of the finners to make them enthusiasts in their pursuit . One of our men was employed on board a vessel engaged in the capture of this whale when all their fishing tackle was lost ; several finners were struck and but one was ...
... pursuit of the finners to make them enthusiasts in their pursuit . One of our men was employed on board a vessel engaged in the capture of this whale when all their fishing tackle was lost ; several finners were struck and but one was ...
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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