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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... Snow - blindness- A Greenland entertainment- Cascades near Asioukasik - Fondness for snuff - Account of the Erkilliks ; Mr. Wormskiold's conjectures con- cerning them - Great thickness of the ice off Cape Mösting - Icebergs -Curiosity ...
... Snow - blindness- A Greenland entertainment- Cascades near Asioukasik - Fondness for snuff - Account of the Erkilliks ; Mr. Wormskiold's conjectures con- cerning them - Great thickness of the ice off Cape Mösting - Icebergs -Curiosity ...
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... 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 the earth and of springs . V. Should you discover ...
... 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 the earth and of springs . V. Should you discover ...
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... snow and hail . The ship's bows were completely covered with ice , and icicles hung from the rigging as in the depth of winter . On the morning of the 8th , as the weather promised to be fair , I went on shore for the purpose of taking ...
... snow and hail . The ship's bows were completely covered with ice , and icicles hung from the rigging as in the depth of winter . On the morning of the 8th , as the weather promised to be fair , I went on shore for the purpose of taking ...
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... snow - storm , which obliged us to put in shore , where we were agreeably surprised to find an abandoned Greenland hut , that promised us better shelter than the very indifferent tent we had been supplied with at the colony . This hut ...
... snow - storm , which obliged us to put in shore , where we were agreeably surprised to find an abandoned Greenland hut , that promised us better shelter than the very indifferent tent we had been supplied with at the colony . This hut ...
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... snow - topped Sermesok . Still another , but smaller cave , is said to be at Akia , containing , if we may believe the Greenlanders , some ancient graves , out of dread of which none of them dare enter it . The Greenlanders are of ...
... snow - topped Sermesok . Still another , but smaller cave , is said to be at Akia , containing , if we may believe the Greenlanders , some ancient graves , out of dread of which none of them dare enter it . The Greenlanders are of ...
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