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... North Pole , I conceived , with the kind permission of my friend , the idea of publishing it ; and I was the more readily in- duced to do so , because I was aware that the only account of this particular voyage that had ever been made ...
... North Pole , I conceived , with the kind permission of my friend , the idea of publishing it ; and I was the more readily in- duced to do so , because I was aware that the only account of this particular voyage that had ever been made ...
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... Polar explor- ation ; but the latter portion grew to such alarming dimensions , almost unconsciously to myself , that I ... North Pole , or exploration of the northern regions , as PREFACE . xiii distinguished from those expeditions that ...
... Polar explor- ation ; but the latter portion grew to such alarming dimensions , almost unconsciously to myself , that I ... North Pole , or exploration of the northern regions , as PREFACE . xiii distinguished from those expeditions that ...
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... North Pole ex- pedition , Mr. Floyd , as he tells us , volunteered for , and obtained an appointment on board the Racehorse . It is a curious fact that all the midshipmen , the majority of the master's mates and the clerk , joined that ...
... North Pole ex- pedition , Mr. Floyd , as he tells us , volunteered for , and obtained an appointment on board the Racehorse . It is a curious fact that all the midshipmen , the majority of the master's mates and the clerk , joined that ...
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... north . Should , from this position , land be discovered continuing in a northerly direction , a very high latitude indeed would be reached by the travelling parties that would be despatched in the spring , and possibly the Pole itself ...
... north . Should , from this position , land be discovered continuing in a northerly direction , a very high latitude indeed would be reached by the travelling parties that would be despatched in the spring , and possibly the Pole itself ...
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... Polar area , north of the 80th parallel of latitude , this continuity of coast - line is only to be found in Franz Josef Land , and therefore it is to that locality our exertions for the future should be directed , as promising the most ...
... Polar area , north of the 80th parallel of latitude , this continuity of coast - line is only to be found in Franz Josef Land , and therefore it is to that locality our exertions for the future should be directed , as promising the most ...
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