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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... seal . The population was estimated at about a third of the amount assigned a bishopric . The navigation to it is described as attended with much peril , from the seas about it being constantly blocked up with ice , for which reason ...
... seal . The population was estimated at about a third of the amount assigned a bishopric . The navigation to it is described as attended with much peril , from the seas about it being constantly blocked up with ice , for which reason ...
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... seal - skins in exchange for articles of steel and iron . He did not , however , set foot on shore , but , after a delay of three days , weighed anchor and put to sea , carrying off with him two of the natives , a procedure which so ...
... seal - skins in exchange for articles of steel and iron . He did not , however , set foot on shore , but , after a delay of three days , weighed anchor and put to sea , carrying off with him two of the natives , a procedure which so ...
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... seals ( Phoca cristata ) lay quietly on the floes , quite devoid , as it appeared , of fear , though they were observed to keep a sharp look - out for the polar bear , which , next to the Greenlander , is undoubtedly their most ...
... seals ( Phoca cristata ) lay quietly on the floes , quite devoid , as it appeared , of fear , though they were observed to keep a sharp look - out for the polar bear , which , next to the Greenlander , is undoubtedly their most ...
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... seal , with a dexterity which no other European , probably , before or since his time , has ever attained . Some miles north of Frederick's - hope lies what the Dutch call the Witte - blink , a lofty , precipitous coast or cliff of ice ...
... seal , with a dexterity which no other European , probably , before or since his time , has ever attained . Some miles north of Frederick's - hope lies what the Dutch call the Witte - blink , a lofty , precipitous coast or cliff of ice ...
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... seal . On the top of the stem and stern - post , which rise almost perpendicularly , and must be of good timber , two ... seals , the hair being previously taken off , and the skin stretched and saturated with blubber , and , finally ...
... seal . On the top of the stem and stern - post , which rise almost perpendicularly , and must be of good timber , two ... seals , the hair being previously taken off , and the skin stretched and saturated with blubber , and , finally ...
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