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... travelled , it would be impos- sible , even dragging the very lightest loads , to accomplish more than two or three miles a day . Loaded as shipwrecked men must neces- sarily be , and compelled to drag heavy boats PREFACE . xxvii which ...
... travelled , it would be impos- sible , even dragging the very lightest loads , to accomplish more than two or three miles a day . Loaded as shipwrecked men must neces- sarily be , and compelled to drag heavy boats PREFACE . xxvii which ...
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... travelling . would be impossible to carry provisions , even if sufficient stores had been saved from the crushed ship , to last the entire ship's company for the number of days they would be travelling this supposed distance of sixty ...
... travelling . would be impossible to carry provisions , even if sufficient stores had been saved from the crushed ship , to last the entire ship's company for the number of days they would be travelling this supposed distance of sixty ...
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... travelled , and with a similar result , namely , the proof of the utter impracticability of travelling over it with any hope of reaching a high latitude . Weighing impartially the different chances of success , or failure , likely to ...
... travelled , and with a similar result , namely , the proof of the utter impracticability of travelling over it with any hope of reaching a high latitude . Weighing impartially the different chances of success , or failure , likely to ...
Page xxxv
... travelling parties would reach a higher position than that attained by me , when I had the honour of serving under the command of Sir George Nares . But there is yet another reason why Franz Josef Land should be the next stronghold ...
... travelling parties would reach a higher position than that attained by me , when I had the honour of serving under the command of Sir George Nares . But there is yet another reason why Franz Josef Land should be the next stronghold ...
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... latitude indeed would be reached by the travelling parties that would be despatched in the spring , and possibly the Pole itself . If geographical discovery is to be the main PREFACE . Xxxvii object for an Arctic expedition , the.
... latitude indeed would be reached by the travelling parties that would be despatched in the spring , and possibly the Pole itself . If geographical discovery is to be the main PREFACE . Xxxvii object for an Arctic expedition , the.
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