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... explorers , and loses his ship besides , as they did ? How will it pay then ? " " Oh , but he says , ” replied Charlie eagerly , " that there has been scarcely any ice in Smith Sound the last three or four years , and there is every ...
... explorers , and loses his ship besides , as they did ? How will it pay then ? " " Oh , but he says , ” replied Charlie eagerly , " that there has been scarcely any ice in Smith Sound the last three or four years , and there is every ...
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... explorers had to contend with . " " But the cases are not alike , Charlie , " observed his uncle . " The obstacles to the discovery of the North - west passage arose from the number of islands in that part of the arctic regions , and ...
... explorers had to contend with . " " But the cases are not alike , Charlie , " observed his uncle . " The obstacles to the discovery of the North - west passage arose from the number of islands in that part of the arctic regions , and ...
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... explorers sailed into Smith Sound , and he saw with delighted eyes , from the deck of the whaler , the stupendous cliffs of the Greenland coast tower- ing to the height of from twelve to fifteen hundred . feet , and presenting towards ...
... explorers sailed into Smith Sound , and he saw with delighted eyes , from the deck of the whaler , the stupendous cliffs of the Greenland coast tower- ing to the height of from twelve to fifteen hundred . feet , and presenting towards ...
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... explorers , to expect . " Have we still deep water , Mr. Morton ? " he inquired , as the chief officer entered the cabin , where he was attentively examining a chart of the Sound . " Yes , sir , " responded Morton , with an expression ...
... explorers , to expect . " Have we still deep water , Mr. Morton ? " he inquired , as the chief officer entered the cabin , where he was attentively examining a chart of the Sound . " Yes , sir , " responded Morton , with an expression ...
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... explorers advanced , and , as the favouring breeze wafted them quickly through the Sound , which it would be more correct to call Smith Strait , -every heart beat high at the prospect of their acquiring the fame and more substantial ...
... explorers advanced , and , as the favouring breeze wafted them quickly through the Sound , which it would be more correct to call Smith Strait , -every heart beat high at the prospect of their acquiring the fame and more substantial ...
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Adventures animal arctic Baffin Bay BARBARA HUTTON bear berg bird blue boat breeze cabin Captain Webb Charlie Wilson chasm cliffs cloth elegant clouds coast of Greenland coloured companion crew dark deck distance dogs dreary drifted eagerly Esquimaux exclaimed Charlie expedition explorers eyes father Fcap feet fire floe followed frozen sea gale gazed gilt edges glaciers grey HARRISON WEIR heard hero horizon hummocks iceberg Illustrations inquired Charlie island journey Kane's land light looked Markham masses of ice Melville Bay miles Morton mountains night North Pole northern northward observed Charlie observed Willie paused Peter Svendson Post 8vo reached rejoined replied Charlie returned Charlie returned Svendson ridge rifle rock rose round Royal 16mo sail Sandy Macfarlane scrambling Second Edition seemed seen ship side sledge Smith Sound soon southward story strange summit Swede thought Upernavik vessel waves whale Willie Webb wind winter young
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