Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Greenland ... in search of the lost colonies, tr. by G.G. Macdougall1837 - 80 pages |
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... height , as also to determine the limit of the snow - belt and the glacier , and of the various vegetable productions at different alti- tudes . We could wish , further , to be furnished with your obser- vations on the temperature of ...
... height , as also to determine the limit of the snow - belt and the glacier , and of the various vegetable productions at different alti- tudes . We could wish , further , to be furnished with your obser- vations on the temperature of ...
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... heights , a microscope , & c . Of these instruments , all that I took with me on my excursion to the East coast , were a chronometer , a sextant , an artificial horizon , and a good azimuth compass , the nature of the service rendering ...
... heights , a microscope , & c . Of these instruments , all that I took with me on my excursion to the East coast , were a chronometer , a sextant , an artificial horizon , and a good azimuth compass , the nature of the service rendering ...
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... height above water being estimated at 90 , and its length at 500 feet . In the evening we came to a new stream of ice , which obliged us to stretch away to the west , and keep this course during the night . The whole of the next day we ...
... height above water being estimated at 90 , and its length at 500 feet . In the evening we came to a new stream of ice , which obliged us to stretch away to the west , and keep this course during the night . The whole of the next day we ...
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... height from several points , and found it to be 4,300 to 4,500 feet above the level of the sea . In the firth of Arsut we fell in with a large concourse of people , engaged in the angmaksak fishery ( capelin of the Newfoundland fishery ) ...
... height from several points , and found it to be 4,300 to 4,500 feet above the level of the sea . In the firth of Arsut we fell in with a large concourse of people , engaged in the angmaksak fishery ( capelin of the Newfoundland fishery ) ...
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... height between Sennerut and the isthmus of Itihheitsvak , which constitutes the boundary between the districts of Juliana's- hope and Frederick's - hope , the mainland is almost everywhere covered with glaciers , which , at some places ...
... height between Sennerut and the isthmus of Itihheitsvak , which constitutes the boundary between the districts of Juliana's- hope and Frederick's - hope , the mainland is almost everywhere covered with glaciers , which , at some places ...
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