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... and blue - grey eyes to show that it was the result of exposure to wind and weather , wore the blue jacket and trousers of a sailor . His companion , a B handsome youth , with curly brown hair , bright blue СНАР -PETER SVENDSON.
... and blue - grey eyes to show that it was the result of exposure to wind and weather , wore the blue jacket and trousers of a sailor . His companion , a B handsome youth , with curly brown hair , bright blue СНАР -PETER SVENDSON.
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... wind , and then the voyagers crossed the broad bay into which the Moray and Dornoch firths widen , and ran through the Pentland firth , between the dark rocks of the storm - vexed Orkneys and the cliffs which terminate the heath - clad ...
... wind , and then the voyagers crossed the broad bay into which the Moray and Dornoch firths widen , and ran through the Pentland firth , between the dark rocks of the storm - vexed Orkneys and the cliffs which terminate the heath - clad ...
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... wind was still favourable , and the ship was running rapidly between the rugged and dreary- looking coast of Greenland and an apparently illimitable field of ice , on which seals were basking or sporting in the genial sunshine , and ...
... wind was still favourable , and the ship was running rapidly between the rugged and dreary- looking coast of Greenland and an apparently illimitable field of ice , on which seals were basking or sporting in the genial sunshine , and ...
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... wind to carry the ice out ; or we may have to run across to Jones Sound , and try to get to the north- ward from there . " Charlie looked westward as the sturdy mariner suggested this alternative , and his wondering eyes traced ...
... wind to carry the ice out ; or we may have to run across to Jones Sound , and try to get to the north- ward from there . " Charlie looked westward as the sturdy mariner suggested this alternative , and his wondering eyes traced ...
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... wind still blowing a gale from the south ; but on the fourth a crash like thunder announced that the ice - mountain was breaking up , and , while the grapnels were hastily cast off , it split from base to summit , and an enormous mass ...
... wind still blowing a gale from the south ; but on the fourth a crash like thunder announced that the ice - mountain was breaking up , and , while the grapnels were hastily cast off , it split from base to summit , and an enormous mass ...
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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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